Flashing to grey desktop, post Mavericks install.

I've got a iMac on to which I installed Mavericks. I lost the dock and the screen flashed between the normal desktop picture and plain grey about every second or two (it's not constant). I couldn't access mission control either. I did have four spaces set up, and couldn't even use hotkeys to switch between them. No widgets screen either.
Tried to re-install Mavericks. Did the same.
I've since reverted to the old OS from TimeMachine as the flashing was hurting my head!
Any ideas?

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Speed (lack of) issues-Macbook pro post Maverick Install

Hi all... long time browser first time poster... this maverick install is killing my life.
Upgraded to Maverick, my computer was almost useless with spinning beach ball of death for everything I opened. I did the 'usual' useless stuff that someone at a realtively low IT base (like myself) would do, cleaned out trash, restarted etc. Check what was running etc, no love.
Read a bunch of other posts, tried some seemingly good advice, like verifying disk permissions and repairing disk permissions. This definitely helped, alot, and I was now able to use my notebook again, but it's still much slower than usual in most areas, and might be lucky to survive the day at work as I fear I will throw it at the wall next time excel locks up on me!
Here is my etrecheck output as most suggest I require before asking for help. I would LOVE any advice that may help me clean this up.
NOTE- the time machine back ups have actually occured to the best of my knowledge, so i don't fully understand this in the report.
Many thanks, Levi
PS- I am currently running another time machine back up now. And, no, stupidly i did not do a recent one before i installed.... yes i realise this was silly!
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2010)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro6,2
          1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          Intel HD Graphics - VRAM: 288 MB
          NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
          OS X 10.9.2 (13C64) - Uptime: 0 days 0:36:23
Disk Information:
          TOSHIBA MK3255GSXF disk0 : (320.07 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 319.21 GB (121.05 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          MATSHITADVD-R   UJ-898
USB Information:
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
          Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Seagate Desktop          1 TB
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                    Time Machine Backups (disk1s2) <not mounted>: 999.86 GB
          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
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                    /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app
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Time Machine:
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                    Macintosh HD: Disk size: 297.29 GB Disk used: 184.55 GB
          Destinations:
                    Time Machine Backups [Local] (Last used)
                    Total size: 0 B
                    Total number of backups: (null)
                    Size of backup disk: Too small
                              Backup size 0 B < (Disk used 184.55 GB X 3)
          Time Machine details may not be accurate.
          All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
               3%          Safari
               3%          WindowServer
               3%          mdworker32
               1%          Mail
               1%          Microsoft Excel
Top Processes by Memory:
          172 MB          Microsoft Excel
          156 MB          com.apple.IconServicesAgent
          135 MB          Safari
          131 MB          Mail
          111 MB          com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
Virtual Memory Information:
          574 MB          Free RAM
          1.67 GB          Active RAM
          900 MB          Inactive RAM
          781 MB          Wired RAM
          471 MB          Page-ins
          0 B          Page-outs

Last post on this topic.
Problem solved.....
Apple support on phone could not work it out.
Apt at genius bar saw many expected thoughts- First assumption was hard drive was gone, tested this, all ok. Next was the disk needed a full repair, this would fix it. No good either. Final call- erase the entire system. Re-install the OS, and then manually trasnfer back my files from the time machine back ups, NO restore.
this has solved it.
Clearly my computer could not handle the Maverick install without a full erase prior. Be warned, it can absorb a **** of a lot of your time, and if like myself your computer is your day-to-day work horse... it could cause you some serious down time.
Levi

Can anyone help me with downloading sky go desktop with mavericks installed

Can anyone help me with downloading sky go desktop with mavericks installed

Sky Go seems a little behind the times in their support for the Mac OS X platform.
http://help.sky.com/tv/sky-go/sky-go-supported-devices#tab-1
http://contactus.sky.com/uk/sky-go-sky-go-extra

MBP stuck on Grey Screen after Mavericks Install

I have a MBP 5,5 and every time I try installing Mavericks my computer restarts and after the grey spinning wheel my screen flashes black and then stops at a grey screen. I have tried running in Verbose mode and I notice it said I have a SMC error and that it tries to use an old SMC. If I try installing mavericks to an external drive everything is fine. Could it be something configured in one of my programs?
Model Name:          MacBook Pro
Model Identifier:          MacBookPro5,5
Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:          2.26 GHz
Number of Processors:          1
Total Number of Cores:          2
L2 Cache:          3 MB
Memory:          4 GB
Bus Speed:          1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version:          MBP55.00AC.B03
SMC Version (system):          1.47f2

I have already restored my laptop to the state before installing Mavericks. I am attaching the EtreCheck that I ran while running 10.8.5 I won't be able to try to install Mavericks until the weekend as I use the laptop for school and work.
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,5
          1 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
          OS X 10.8.5 (12F45) - Uptime: 0 days 22:12:2
Disk Information:
          WDC WD7500BPKT-22PK4T0 disk0 : (750.16 GB)
                    disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 749.3 GB (174.02 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5960S
USB Information:
          Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
          Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Fitbit Inc. Fitbit Base Station
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
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Thunderbolt Information:
Configuration files:
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Kernel Extensions:
          com.avatron.AVExVideo          (1.7 - SDK 10.8)
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          MAudioMobilePreUSB: Path: /Library/StartupItems/MAudioMobilePreUSB
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          [System] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist 3rd-Party support link
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                              Backup size 2 > (Disk used 535.77 GB X 3)
          Time Machine details may not be accurate.
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I bought a 5 yr old Mac G5 OSx 10.4.11, 2 GHz intel Core 2 Duo processor, 1GB 667 MHz DDR1 SDRAM memory. It works fine but I can't get Thunderbird, Flash Player or Adobe reader to install -- it shows up on desktop as download but not App folder. Why?

Question: I bought a 5 yr old Mac G5 OSx 10.4.11, 2 GHz intel Core 2 Duo processor, 1GB 667 MHz DDR1 SDRAM memory. It works fine but I can't get Thunderbird, Flash Player or Adobe reader to install -- it shows up on desktop as download but not App folder. Why?

The downloads are probably .dmg files (disk images). You would open the disk image (double-click it) to find the application or an installer. If it's the application itself, you then drag the application to your Applications folder to "install" it. If it's an installer, double-click the installer to run the installer that installs the application.
NOTE: If you iMac is Intel, it's not a PPC G5.

Since a downloaded mavericks excel and powerpoint flashes in my desktop and it takes about 5 minutes to open my laptop

since a downloaded mavericks 10.9.2 excel and powerpoint flashes in my desktop everytime i switch on my laptop and it takes about 5 minutes to open my laptop

Checked to see how much space is available ??
Click your Apple menu  top left in your screen. From the drop down menu click About This Mac > More Info > Storage
Make sure there's at least 15% free disk space.
Less can cause the problems you are describing.

Flash Player 10.1 is not installed even though message says it was successful.

Hello,
I use W7 Ultimate, 64 bit, and IE 8. Whenever I try to watch video a message says I need to upgrade Flash Player and gives me a link to version 10.l
I uninstalled version 10.0.32.18, then downloaded and installed version 10.l. A message says the installation was successful. However, I still get the same message and link whenever I try to watch video. I tried repeatedly with the same results. Each time Update Checker identifies the installed version as 10.0.32.18 even though an Adobe message says the installation of v.10.1 was successful.
Can anyone help?
gbsib

Hi,
I got rid of Update Notifier, and I use Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro but am not a developer.
I honestly thought I was following all your instructions to the letter. I skipped some steps in my last post, but here is everything I really did.
I used the Administrator account, closed all applications, set the Internet security to Medium, put *.adobe.com in Trusted sites and set Internet security to low for it, removed real time protection for my antivirus, used Advanced Settings to disable the firewall, downloaded the Flash Player installer and uninstaller to the Desktop, disconnected the Internet, and closed all browsers.
The uninstaller was then run. Then the installer was run. The computer was booted . It was then rebooted. The insaller was run again. The computer was rebooted. The Internet was connected.
Please look over each step and if I'm skipping something I'll add it before trying again.
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:34:27 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Flash Player 10.1 is not installed even though message says it was successful.
Hi gb, I think that you are relying on this Update checker too much. Early on, you confirmed what Flash files were installed. What the Update Checker reports is not correct, sorry. The proof in the pudding is what Flash Player files are Installed.
In Post#2, you had the correct Flash files Installed, regardless of what the Update Checker said. I can't use the Update Checker as the Standard on whether you have Flash Player Installed or not and you shouldn't either. This is getting too confusing.
The only issue you had was the Shockwave Flash Object did not Install and I posted the reasons in Post#6.
There is a procedure to Uninstall Flash Player and to Install Flash Player and it appears that you are relying on other programs to dictate.
Also I have never heard of anyone using the Adobe Update Manager for Flash Player. Perhaps you should read up on it and see if you really need it.
Are you a Developer? My suggestion would be to take a look in Programs and Features via Control Panel and see if all of the Adobe Programs you have Installed are needed. Then check your IE add ons for the same.
My Post# 6 still stands. Until that is corrected, there is nothing more that can be done. That Update Checker, does is have a website? If it is identifying those 2 files as Flash Player files, then I know I wouldn't be using it and you shouldn't either.
Regards,
eidnolb
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Never-ending spinning boot wheel after Mavericks install

After installing Mavericks on my Mid 2011 iMac, my boot screen stays on the Mac logo and the spinning wheel.
I did a clean install from a USB Mavericks boot drive to a 256 GB Pioneer SSD that I recently installed. The install was successful and I was able to do the initial bootup and adjust some settings. I was using Disk Utility on my internal 2 TB HDD to zero-erase the drive when my system went to a black screen; the mouse pointer was on screen but no mouse or keyboard inputs had any affect. I held the power button to shutdown the system, then turned it back on and encountered the hanging boot screen.
I have tried to boot into recovery to no avail, the spinning wheel just spins forever. Internet recovery freezes when I try to type my wireless router password; a wired connection starts with the spinning globe and grey progress bar, then goes to the spinning wheel that never stops. The Mavericks USB boot is now called EFI boot and results in the spinning wheel when I try to boot to it. Lastly, booting into safe mode is the infinite spinning wheel as well. Also, resetting the NVRAM/PRAM did not fix the issue.
The SSD that has Mavericks installed on it shows up when I hold the Option key during boot so I do not think it is a hard drive failure. Could I be wrong? Why am I unable to access Recovery? I have searched the support discussions for similar posts but have not found any like my problem. If there is one, please direct me to it. I am extremely frustrated at this point and would appreciate any help.

Mac Spinning Wheel https://forums.adobe.com/message/5470608
Yosemite sometimes has problems, often related to "default" permissions needing to be changed
-one person's solution https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1689788
-http://blogs.adobe.com/creativecloud/creative-cloud-and-yosemite/
-https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/mac-os-yosemite-compatability.html

HT5622 I have a new desktop and re-installed my identity from my airtime back up and on the log in page my picture comes up with my usual password hint, but it is not accepting my password and I do not have the option to reset using my apple id - that par

I have a new desktop and re-installed my identity from my airtime back up and on the log in page my picture comes up with my usual password hint, but it is not accepting my password and I do not have the option to reset using my apple id - that particular function is in grey and cannot be clicked on

Depending on what kind of computer you have, you're gonna need to put that backup in the appropriate folder or itunes is not gonna be able to see it for you to use.

How to Create a Bootable Flash Drive to do a clean install of Lion. I have tried to use the InstallESD.dmg but it still will not do a clean install so that I do not have to do a reinstall from the Recovery (That just re downloads and takes over 6 hours)?

How to Create a Bootable Flash Drive to do a clean install of Lion. I have tried to use the InstallESD.dmg but it still will not do a clean install so that I do not have to do a reinstall from the Recovery (That just re downloads and takes over 6 hours)?
The system I'm have is a Mac-mini that had SL on it and no SuperDrive. I have also call Apple Support and they have really have not been to much help over 1st did my up grade to Lion and Installed the Lion Server.... it lost my SSL that I paid for and kill almost on of my server setting, plus kill all my web servers (using apache vhosts), and not to say the LDAP will even let remote users login to your laptops.
PS: There is no way that I'm going to buy a Install USB from Apple... They have over billed me over $300.00 because the Apps Store still has bugs (Glad I did not write that App/Service)
If there is anyone that can give in the information to create a USB install stick, I would be very thinkful.

Here you are bro, courtesy of "softpedia.com"....brilliant site!!!
If you ever had problems with your Mac OS X installation you know that the first thing you should do is to check the startup volume using Disk Utility.
After the check has ended and, if the errors exceed a certain level of seriousness, the Disk Utility application will require you to restart your Mac and use its Mac OS X Install disc counterpart.
Other users may have to reinstall OS X altogether, but will find, or already know, that their SuperDrive (a CD/DVD reader and write combo drive) is not functioning properly and it will not be able to read the Install disc.
Although this might happen to Mac OS X Leopard users due to faultyhardware, the vast majority of problematic SuperDrives will be encountered inside Snow Leopard running Macs.
This is due to the updated SuperDrive firmware included in either the Install disc or the software updates one has to install to reach the latest version of OS X, namely 10.6.6.
This can be fixed by flashing the SuperDrive’s stock firmware using free command line tools that one can find for free online (I will write about this process also, but at a later time because this article only focuses on allowing you to create your own alternative USB boot disc).
If you are reading this last bit of information with skepticism, than you should know that it happened to me too. Despite all my tries to make it work properly, the SuperDrive kept on munching any inserted DVDs and just popped them out in about twenty seconds.
The workaround to this issue was to create my own Leopard bootable USB memory stick. I am not suggesting a Snow Leopard bootable stick mainly because there are lots of users that have decided to buy the cheaper, Upgrade version, which I have not tested and, therefore, I’m not sure if it will work properly once written to a USB disk.
And now, here are the exact steps you should follow in order to obtain a fully bootable Leopard (or Lion) Install disc.
Step 1 (If you already have the Leopard install disc DMG file you can skip to Step 2)
Launch Disk Utility (you can find it inside /Applications/Utilities). Here select the Leopard Install disc in the list of drives on the left and click on the New Image menu entry at the top of the window. A save message will appear where you will have to select the Desktop as a destination.
Step 2
After Disk Utility has finished creating the Leopard DMG, insert your USB stick and erase all data and reformat the disk. To do this select the USB in the list of drives on the left and, after clicking on the Erase tab on the right side of the window, choose the Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format and click the Erase button beneath.
Step 3
After the USB has been reformatted, download the SuperDuper app from HERE and launch it. Once SuperDuper starts, you will only have to select the DMG in the Copy drop-down menu, your USB memory stick on the right and hit the “Copy Now” button.
One can also use Disk Utility for this task but creating a bootable USB stick failed 2 out 4 times when copying the DMG to the stick (with the exact same settings each time). Creating the bootable stick using SuperDuper proved to be the perfect way to do it because it worked each of the 4 times I tested it.
The steps above can also be used to create a bootable Mac OS X Lion USB by using the InstallESD.dmg image you can find inside the Lion installer (named “Install Mac OS X Lion.app”) downloaded from the Mac App Store in the /Applications folder.
To locate the InstallESD.dmg right click the Lion installer, select the “Show Package Contents” entry, go inside the “Contents” folder, and from there into the “SharedSupport” folder. Inside this folder you can find the InstallESD.dmg you can use to create your own bootable Mac OS X Lion USB stick. To do so, go to the third step described above and use the InstallESD.dmg as the DMG to be copied to your USB disc.
That’s it! Once the process ends you will have a fully bootable Leopard (or Lion) USB disk that you can use as an alternative to the Apple’s DVD Install disc that comes bundled with all Macs.
To use your newly created bootable disk you will have to restart the Mac, press and hold the OPTION key until the StartupManager appears. Here, select the Mac OS X Install disk using your keyboard arrows and press return to start from the selected drive.

Looking for "createinstallmedia" kb/5856 I do not find it on my Maverick installed system?

With Mavericks installed and these instructions the command cannot be found?
Creating a bootable OS X installer in OS X Mavericks
With OS X Mavericks, you can create a bootable OS X installer which can be used to install the operating system while started from removable media, such as a USB flash drive.
Follow these steps to create a bootable OS X installer:
Use the Mac App Store to download the OS X installer app.
Mount the volume you wish to convert into a bootable installer. This could be removable media, such as a USB flash drive, or a secondary internal partition.
Use the createinstallmedia tool to convert the volume from step two into a bootable installer based off the installer app from step one. To learn how to use createinstallmedia, execute this command in Terminal:
/Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia
You may need to adjust the path to the OS X installer app in the above command.
Note: createinstallmedia is only intended to be used with the version of OS X installer app it came with.
Last Modified: Oct 22, 2013

Hello, lets see if we can find it & the path...
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Time machine won't back up after Maverick install

Installed Maverick today on macbook pro, then have been unable to back up to Time Machine to my Western Digital 3TB drive. Last back up was successful just before install earlier today.
Time Machine Error "Files can’t be copied onto the backup disk because it appears to be read-only.
and a second message
Time Machine couldn’t complete the backup to “My Book”. Files can’t be copied onto the backup disk because it appears to be read-only. You may need to repair or reformat the disk using Disk Utility. If the disk can’t be repaired, you must use a different disk for backups. Open Time Machine preferences to select a different backup disk.
First restarting after Maverick install I received an error message that the disk "my book" could not be repaired.
When I go to get info on the external drive, under sharing and permissions it sayes I can read only, and I cant figure out how to change this everything to try is grey'd out.
Any help in fixing the problem and understanding the issue.

I'm also having this issue. I havn't had it before.
Any help would be appreciated.

Adobe reader will not open pdf files I have saved as, or, export as pdf to my desktop (latest Maverick). The same file does open when I am on the source website (i.e. user manuals etc.). Why?

Adobe reader will not open pdf files I have saved as, or, export as pdf to my desktop (latest Maverick). The same file does open when I am on the source website (i.e. user manuals etc.). Why?

iMac G4, Mac OS X (10.4.9)
Make sure you have the latest Adobe Reader installed for your OS.
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?platform=macintosh&product=10
Did you try using Preview. If you control click on the PDF on your desktop you can use the "open with" option.

I cannot down load Yosemite from the App Store. It keeps saying there is an error. I have Mavericks installed now. Can I download Yosemite anywhere else besides the App Store?

I cannot down load Yosemite from the App Store. It keeps saying there is an error. I have Mavericks installed now. Can I download Yosemite anywhere else besides the App Store?

Launch the Console 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. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
Select
/var/log ▹ appstore.log
from the hierarchical list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar.
Each message in the log begins with the date and time when it was entered. Select the messages from the last installation or update attempt, starting from the time when you initiated it. If you're not sure when that was, click the Clear Display button in the toolbar of the Console window and then try the installation again.
Copy the messages to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message (command-V).
If there are runs of repeated messages, post only one example of each. Don’t post many repetitions of the same message.
☞ The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of it useless for solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.
☞ Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

Flash Player 9 fails to properly install

I have tried everything I know to get Flash9 to
work. After uninstalling I restart my computer and install flash.
It says it was installed but when I go back to Adobe site and test
the player nothing except Shockwave comes up. I am using Netscape
and never had this problem with anyother versions. The strange
thing is that the install program dumps everything into
c:windows\system32\macromedia\flash. There is nothing in the
Netscape plugin folder. Also when I try to download Flash9 it
finishes in about 3 sec. Each time I try a fresh download I get
different results. Sometimes after installing I am asked to install
flash sometimes not. I opened a case with support but have not
heard anything as yet. This is getting to be a real pain.If there
are issues with the download file I hope they get resolved because
something just doesn't seem right.
Thanks for any help-Bob

Bentley,Thanks for the reply. I had prior to this posting
opened a case and got some information from that. I downloaded
another uninstaller and the Flash Player installer. I uninstalled
it,restarted my machine and installed flash. After that I restarted
again and the connected to net. I got a window asking if I wanted
to install flash. I clicked yes and got an error message that
install failed. After the install I went to
c;windows/system32/macromedia/flash. The files installed there
were: flash player.xpt,install file,NPSWP32.dll,NPSWP32_flashutil
and uninstall plugin. I then went to the Netscape plugin folder and
there was nothing in it for flash. I don't understand this at all.
Prior to this version I never had a problem installing flash.On
other versions once the install was done I would get window asking
me to install and then I wouls go to page to test player and it
always showed up and they worked just fine. Is something missing
from the download? Shouldn't there also be an .ocx file? Why would
the install fail to install the necessary file into the Netscape
plugin folder? Thanks for any insight into this. Bob

Flashing to grey desktop, post Mavericks install.

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