Indesign CS6 - 8.0 on iMac 10.9.1, a few issues that may be connected, Shutting down & PDF Issues

Indesign CS6 - 8.0 on iMac 10.9.1, I have a few issues that may be connected:
1. My computer shuts down goes to a black screen then restarts on its own.
2. My InDesign will crash when I am working and there doesn't seem to be a pattern it just happens sometimes.
3. I have an InDesign file that all of a sudden now takes 30-40mins to PDF 50 pages, I think there may be an issue with fonts but I am not sure, none of the other files take this long.

Thank you so much for responding Bob, I tried to update but when I tired I get a message "Contact Administrator if you wish to apply updates on your machine, Updates have been suppressed by the administrator...". I actually have admin rights and I called in my IT guy, he could not get it to update. The Application Manager says I have all current updates. Am I suppoes to update using "AdobePatchInstaller"? Is there a manual way?

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com.adobe.InDesign
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X86 (Native)
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??? [1]
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2014-12-22 14:20:54.756 -0700
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Mac OS X 10.10.1 (14B25)
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11
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-->
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