Double installation Mavericks

Hi,
My MacBook Air crashed as a result of a firmware issue this generation had. As a result I took it to the Mac Shop and they fixed it, but also they installed Mavericks; but they did it with some CD's (or I don't know what) that they had there in order to do it quick. I was happy with this solution until I discovered that the app store actually keeps inviting me to download Mavericks. This bothers me because I feel my computer "doesnt know" that it's already installed. Also, It installed iTunes TWICE. Do I have iTunes twice in my computer? And...
... could all this be the reason why my iPod Touch (iOS 7) and my MacBook Air are not syncing? I'm using a gmail account and I have done everything right but just can't get it to work.
Thank you and looking forward,
Carlos

McAfee will do nothing to protect your email account from being hacked. There being only a handful of trojan-horse programs and no viruses or worms yet in the wild for OS X, I think McAfee an unnecessary drain on your system, and I concur with Pete that McAfee is quite likely at least a contributor to your performance problems. I've seen that happen and had the problems disappear when I stripped off McAfee.
As to the storage after the second installation, again, it's highly unlikely that you have a duplicate copy of OS X on your system. If you're running low on disk space, I'd suggest you get a disk storage analyzer such as DaisyDisk and have it give you a report as to what's taking up the space on your drive.
Regards.

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BEGIN InstallOperationsQueue Ordered operations
{C346BBCF-A687-4500-BB19-EE9C2D6FF284} Suite Shared Configuration CS6 3.0.0.0: with operation repair
{AC76BA86-1033-F400-7760-000000000005} Acrobat Professional 10.0.0.0: with operation install
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{E1C48031-9366-427F-AC04-535CEDAAD995} Acrobat X Pro 10.0.0.0: with operation install
END InstallOperationsQueue Ordered operations
Calling the custom action code for pre-repair for payload {C346BBCF-A687-4500-BB19-EE9C2D6FF284} Suite Shared Configuration CS6 3.0.0.0
::START TIMER:: [Payload Operation :{C346BBCF-A687-4500-BB19-EE9C2D6FF284}]
Initializing the INSTALLDIR with PDB data for payload {C346BBCF-A687-4500-BB19-EE9C2D6FF284}
Located the INSTALLDIR for payload '{C346BBCF-A687-4500-BB19-EE9C2D6FF284} Suite Shared Configuration CS6 3.0.0.0' : '/Library/Application Support/Adobe/ssc'
[       2] Mon Dec 29 17:36:09 2014 INFO
*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
Installer Operation: PayloadUninstaller
*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
Session {D8C642B6-A719-4234-8039-2654ED436D2A} modify request for AdobeCode: {D8C642B6-A719-4234-8039-2654ED436D2A}
Effective AdobeCode for: {D8C642B6-A719-4234-8039-2654ED436D2A} is {D8C642B6-A719-4234-8039-2654ED436D2A}
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[       2] Mon Dec 29 17:36:14 2014 INFO
Beginning installation for payload at /private/tmp/.tempdirgacl32AL/Install.db
Evaluating condition# 1(Seq 3)
Condition failed(Seq 3)
Evaluating condition# 1(Seq 4)
Condition failed(Seq 4)
Completing installation for payload at /private/tmp/.tempdirgacl32AL/Install.db
UninstallDBPath=/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Uninstall/{D8C642B6-A719-4234-8039-2654ED436D2A}.db
Physical payload repair result:0
[       0] Mon Dec 29 17:36:14 2014 INFO
*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* Operation complete. Setting status: 0 =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
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In PostPayloadReinstallProc
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::START TIMER:: [Pre payload :{E1C48031-9366-427F-AC04-535CEDAAD995}]
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:: END TIMER :: [Pre payload :{E1C48031-9366-427F-AC04-535CEDAAD995}] took 0 milliseconds (0 seconds)
[       0] Mon Dec 29 17:36:14 2014 ERROR
DW030: Custom Action for payload {E1C48031-9366-427F-AC04-535CEDAAD995} Acrobat X Pro 10.0.0.0 returned error. Failing this payload.
[       0] Mon Dec 29 17:36:18 2014 INFO
No operation. We're done:
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- CS6 Design and Web Premium
Total components removed: 0
[       0] Mon Dec 29 17:36:20 2014 ERROR
DW050: The following payload errors were found during install:
DW050: - Acrobat Professional: Install failed
DW050: - Acrobat X Pro : Install failed
[       0] Mon Dec 29 17:36:20 2014 INFO
Call PostSession Custom Hook
::START TIMER:: [Post session :{D8C642B6-A719-4234-8039-2654ED436D2A}]
In ReinstallSessionCloseProc
CS6 Suites Custom hook: Adobe Flash Builder 4.6 :
CS6 Suites Custom hook: Adobe Flash Builder 4.6 :Successfully retreived the mediaSignature: {D8C642B6-A719-4234-8039-2654ED436D2A}
CS6 Suites Custom hook: Adobe Flash Builder 4.6 :Successfully retreived the installLanguage: en_US
CS6 Suites Custom hook: Adobe Flash Builder 4.6 :Getting payloads from pdb.db
CS6 Suites Custom hook: Adobe Flash Builder 4.6 :Opened PCD session
CS6 Suites Custom hook: Adobe Flash Builder 4.6 :Retreived the path to Application xml: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe Creative Suite 6 Design and Web Premium/AMT/application.xml
CS6 Suites Custom hook: Adobe Flash Builder 4.6 :Update to PCF client is successful!
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CS6 Suites Custom hook: Successfully Updated PCFClientFile and cache.db for Adobe Flash Builder 4.6
CS6 Suites Custom hook: Acrobat X Pro :
CS6 Suites Custom hook: Acrobat X Pro :Successfully retreived the mediaSignature: {D8C642B6-A719-4234-8039-2654ED436D2A}
CS6 Suites Custom hook: Acrobat X Pro :Successfully retreived the installLanguage: en_US
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CS6 Suites Custom hook: Acrobat X Pro :Retreived the path to Application xml: /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe Creative Suite 6 Design and Web Premium/AMT/application.xml
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Custom action return code: 0
:: END TIMER :: [Post session :{D8C642B6-A719-4234-8039-2654ED436D2A}] took 15 milliseconds (0.015 seconds) DTR = 266.667 KBPS (0.260417 MBPS)
:: END TIMER :: [Total Timer] took 22923 milliseconds (22.923 seconds) DTR = 98.0674 KBPS (0.095769 MBPS)
-------------------------------------- Summary --------------------------------------
- 0 fatal error(s), 4 error(s), 0 warning(s)
----------- Payload: {AC76BA86-1033-F400-7760-000000000005} Acrobat Professional 10.0.0.0 -----------
ERROR: DW030: Custom Action for payload {AC76BA86-1033-F400-7760-000000000005} Acrobat Professional 10.0.0.0 returned error. Failing this payload.
----------- Payload: {E1C48031-9366-427F-AC04-535CEDAAD995} Acrobat X Pro 10.0.0.0 -----------
ERROR: DW030: Custom Action for payload {E1C48031-9366-427F-AC04-535CEDAAD995} Acrobat X Pro 10.0.0.0 returned error. Failing this payload.
ERROR: DW050: The following payload errors were found during install:
ERROR: DW050: - Acrobat Professional: Install failed
ERROR: DW050: - Acrobat X Pro : Install failed
Please search the above error/warning string(s) to find when the error occurred.
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[       0] Mon Dec 29 17:36:21 2014 INFO
Exit Code: 6 - Silent workflow completed with errors.
Please see specific errors and warnings for troubleshooting. For example, ERROR: DW030, DW050 ...
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As the number of bits increases there are two important benefits.
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I have no recovery HD, tried installing Mavericks and now i can't acces lion either so I'm stuck with no OS.

Hello, im really mad and desperate.
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I wanted to install over lion with no backups, had no important files already left.
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AdobeResourceSynchronizer Application (/Applications/Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional/Adobe Acrobat Professional.app/Contents/Support/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)
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Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.1 [Support]
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googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.38.6.0 - SDK 10.8 [Support]
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 8.0.0 [Support]
GarminGpsControl: Version: 4.2.0.0 - SDK 10.8 [Support]
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Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 7.0 [Support]
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
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Flash Player [Support]
Perian [Support]
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There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional. Ask if you need guidance.
3. Below are instructions to run a UNIX shell script, a type of program. As I wrote above, it changes nothing. It doesn't send or receive any data on the network. All it does is to generate a human-readable report on the state of the computer. That report goes nowhere unless you choose to share it. If you prefer, you can act on it yourself without disclosing the contents to me or anyone else.
You should be wondering whether you can believe me, and whether it's safe to run a program at the behest of a stranger. In general, no, it's not safe and I don't encourage it.
In this case, however, there are a couple of ways for you to decide whether the program is safe without having to trust me. First, you can read it. Unlike an application that you download and click to run, it's transparent, so anyone with the necessary skill can verify what it does.
You may not be able to understand the script yourself. But variations of the script have been posted on this website thousands of times over a period of years. The site is hosted by Apple, which does not allow it to be used to distribute harmful software. Any one of the millions of registered users could have read the script and raised the alarm if it was harmful. Then I would not be here now and you would not be reading this message.
Nevertheless, if you can't satisfy yourself that these instructions are safe, don't follow them. Ask for other options.
4. Here's a summary of what you need to do, if you choose to proceed:
☞ Copy a line of text in this window to the Clipboard.
☞ Paste into the window of another application.
☞ Wait for the test to run. It usually takes a few minutes.
☞ Paste the results, which will have been copied automatically, back into a reply on this page.
The sequence is: copy, paste, wait, paste again. You don't need to copy a second time. Details follow.
5. You may have started the computer in "safe" mode. Preferably, these steps should be taken in “normal” mode, under the conditions in which the problem is reproduced. If the system is now in safe mode and works well enough in normal mode to run the test, restart as usual. If you can only test in safe mode, do that.
6. If you have more than one user, and the one affected by the problem is not an administrator, then please run the test twice: once while logged in as the affected user, and once as an administrator. The results may be different. The user that is created automatically on a new computer when you start it for the first time is an administrator. If you can't log in as an administrator, test as the affected user. Most personal Macs have only one user, and in that case this section doesn’t apply. Don't log in as root.
7. The script is a single long line, all of which must be selected. You can accomplish this easily by triple-clicking anywhere in the line. The whole line will highlight, though you may not see all of it in the browser window, and you can then copy it. If you try to select the line by dragging across the part you can see, you won't get all of it.
Triple-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it:
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Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
8. Launch the built-in Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.
Click anywhere in the Terminal window and paste by pressing command-V. The text you pasted should vanish immediately. If it doesn't, press the return key.
9. If you see an error message in the Terminal window such as "Syntax error" or "Event not found," enter
exec bash
and press return. Then paste the script again.
10. If you're logged in as an administrator, you'll be prompted for your login password. Nothing will be displayed when you type it. You will not see the usual dots in place of typed characters. Make sure caps lock is off. Type carefully and then press return. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you make three failed attempts to enter the password, the test will run anyway, but it will produce less information. In most cases, the difference is not important. If you don't know the password, or if you prefer not to enter it, press the key combination control-C or just press return three times at the password prompt. Again, the script will still run.
If you're not logged in as an administrator, you won't be prompted for a password. The test will still run. It just won't do anything that requires administrator privileges.
11. The test may take a few minutes to run, depending on how many files you have and the speed of the computer. A computer that's abnormally slow may take longer to run the test. While it's running, there will be nothing in the Terminal window and no indication of progress. Wait for the line
[Process completed]
to appear. If you don't see it within half an hour or so, the test probably won't complete in a reasonable time. In that case, close the Terminal window and report what happened. No harm will be done.
12. When the test is complete, quit Terminal. The results will have been copied to the Clipboard automatically. They are not shown in the Terminal window. Please don't copy anything from there. All you have to do is start a reply to this comment and then paste by pressing command-V again.
At the top of the results, there will be a line that begins with the words "Start time." If you don't see that, but instead see a mass of gibberish, you didn't wait for the "Process completed" message to appear in the Terminal window. Please wait for it and try again.
If any private information, such as your name or email address, appears in the results, anonymize it before posting. Usually that won't be necessary.
13. When you post the results, you might see an error message on the web page: "You have included content in your post that is not permitted," or "You are not authorized to post." That's a bug in the forum software. Please post the test results on Pastebin, then post a link here to the page you created.
14. This is a public forum, and others may give you advice based on the results of the test. They speak only for themselves, and I don't necessarily agree with them.
Copyright © 2014 by Linc Davis. As the sole author of this work, I reserve all rights to it except as provided in the Use Agreement for the Apple Support Communities website ("ASC"). Readers of ASC may copy it for their own personal use. Neither the whole nor any part may be redistributed.

Is Mavericks.app for iMac same as that for Macbook Air?

I downloaded Mavericks.app for my iMac and then used the same installer (mavericks.app) to upgrade my Macbook Air 2013. The upgrade was smooth; but the battery life isn't very great.
Can someone confirm that there's Mavericks upgrade for iMac is the same as that for Macbook Air?

Thanks! Haven't had any problems with the software; except that I'm not happy with the battery life my MBA 2013, 13" offers after the upgrade. Looks like time to reset PRAM and SMC.

Logic 9 Installer Quits between disks

After completing installation of the main Logic DVD disk , the Installer asks for Jam Pack 1 and then Quits/Crashes before the Jam Pack 1 has started loading.
You then have to load the original installer etc... but how do you know what has been loaded on already? The Installer does not 'remember' your choices?
This has happened twice and I have tried to uncheck the boxes of the Main Installation stuff which is already assumed to be on..
How do you check exactly what has been installed?
Thanks
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You have to look for receipts for the stuff. Everything that is installed via an installer creates a receipt at the end of the install process.
They are in Library/Receipts
You need to delete receipts when you delete the app it belongs to, or you will not be able to reinstall that app. The installer looks at the receipts folder to see what is already installed - to avoid double installs.
regards, Erik.

Revert to non mavericks os using time machine backup

i have installe mavericks and it has rendered my printing useless, i now wish to use my time machine backups to revert to a previous time without mavericks. this shouldn't be difficult but i have no idea how to go about it. my time machine backups are available via a wireless link to my nas drive.

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my backups are on a remote nas drive is this a problem?
Possibly. Time Machine is guaranteed to work with a Time Capsule, an external hard disk connected to it, or a mounted internal or external volume on the source Mac. NAS devices are supported but there a lot of caveats.
From OS X Mountain Lion: Disks you can use with Time Machine
"If your backup disk is on a network, the network server must use Apple File Protocol (AFP) file sharing, and both your computer, and the networked backup disk, should have Mac OS X 10.5.6 or later. The AFP disk must also be “mounted” (available to your computer)."
Since only a Mac can run OS X, what the above means to me is that the NAS must essentially be a Mac.

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