Mavericks start up

when I start up my imac, I get a grey screen with white lettering (what looks like internal values) and then iMac immediately restarts. Chimes both times.
Not sure what might be going on. The reboot works-with the exception of the error messages.
The error report is:
Anonymous UUID:       3AD777E7-A54E-3040-4896-D790FA5BF82B
Sun Feb 9 07:11:16 2014
panic(cpu 5 caller 0xffffff80286dc19e): Kernel trap at 0xffffff8028a498ce, type 13=general protection, registers:
CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0x00007fd4e700f3fe, CR3: 0x000000002b1c7000, CR4: 0x00000000001606e0
RAX: 0xffffff805b48d680, RBX: 0xffffff8028d02618, RCX: 0xffffff8028c69060, RDX: 0xffffff80589c3cf0
RSP: 0xffffff82cf333c80, RBP: 0xffffff82cf333ca0, RSI: 0xffffff8028d02618, RDI: 0xffffff805b48d100
R8: 0x0000000000000000, R9: 0x00000000000003b6, R10: 0x00000000000003ff, R11: 0xffffffffffffffff
R12: 0xffffff7fa96a7545, R13: 0xffffff805b45d000, R14: 0x0000000000000000, R15: 0xffffff805b48d100
RFL: 0x0000000000010286, RIP: 0xffffff8028a498ce, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
Fault CR2: 0x00007fd4e700f3fe, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x5
Backtrace (CPU 5), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff82cf35ddf0 : 0xffffff8028622f69
0xffffff82cf35de70 : 0xffffff80286dc19e
0xffffff82cf35e040 : 0xffffff80286f3606
0xffffff82cf35e060 : 0xffffff8028a498ce
0xffffff82cf333ca0 : 0xffffff7fa9682993
0xffffff82cf333cf0 : 0xffffff7fa96827ce
0xffffff82cf333d50 : 0xffffff7fa9682cc0
0xffffff82cf333dc0 : 0xffffff7fa9670e2e
0xffffff82cf333e00 : 0xffffff7fa967ad6e
0xffffff82cf333e40 : 0xffffff8028a92779
0xffffff82cf333ea0 : 0xffffff8028a91f8a
0xffffff82cf333f30 : 0xffffff8028a8e119
0xffffff82cf333f70 : 0xffffff8028a93093
0xffffff82cf333fb0 : 0xffffff80286d6aa7
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace:
         com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily(2.0)[1185D338-98A5-345E-84F8-E59DF819A61B]@0xffffff 7fa966d000->0xffffff7fa96defff
            dependency: com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore(28.30)[558B2575-5197-3C4C-BAD2-8CB465638FA8]@ 0xffffff7fa9662000
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
13B42
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 13.0.0: Thu Sep 19 22:22:27 PDT 2013; root:xnu-2422.1.72~6/RELEASE_X86_64
Kernel UUID: 1D9369E3-D0A5-31B6-8D16-BFFBBB390393
Kernel slide:     0x0000000028400000
Kernel text base: 0xffffff8028600000
System model name: iMac13,2 (Mac-FC02E91DDD3FA6A4)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 5420899792
last loaded kext at 5101675101: org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv          4.1.8 (addr 0xffffff7fa8c80000, size 221184)
loaded kexts:
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv          4.1.8
com.Logitech.Unifying.HID Driver          1.2.0
com.Logitech.Control Center.HID Driver          3.6.0
com.seagate.driver.SeagateGoFlexBlockSizeAdjuster          5.2.2
com.apple.GeForce          8.1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleUpstreamUserClient          3.5.13
com.apple.driver.AppleMCCSControl          1.1.12
com.apple.nvidia.NVDAStartup          8.1.8
com.apple.iokit.SCSITaskUserClient          3.6.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBODD          3.3.5
com.apple.driver.CoreStorageFsck          380
com.apple.driver.AppleFileSystemDriver          3.0.1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeDataless          1.0.0d1
com.apple.AppleFSCompression.AppleFSCompressionTypeZlib          1.0.0d1
com.apple.BootCache          35
com.apple.driver.XsanFilter          404
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIBlockStorage          2.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBHub          650.4.4
com.apple.driver.AppleSDXC          1.4.0
com.apple.iokit.AppleBCM5701Ethernet          3.6.9b9
com.apple.driver.AirPort.Brcm4331          700.20.22
com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort          2.9.5
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBEHCI          650.4.1
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBXHCI          650.4.3
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIButtons          2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleRTC          2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleHPET          1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBIOS          2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIEC          2.0
com.apple.driver.AppleAPIC          1.7
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagementClient          216.0.0
com.apple.nke.applicationfirewall          153
com.apple.security.quarantine          3
com.apple.driver.AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement          216.0.0
com.apple.iokit.IOAcceleratorFamily          98.7.1
com.apple.nvidia.driver.NVDAGK100Hal          8.1.8
com.apple.driver.AppleSMBusController          1.0.11d1
com.apple.nvidia.driver.NVDAResman          8.1.8
com.apple.iokit.IONDRVSupport          2.3.6
com.apple.iokit.IOGraphicsFamily          2.3.6
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIMultimediaCommandsDevice          3.6.0
com.apple.iokit.IOBDStorageFamily          1.7
com.apple.iokit.IODVDStorageFamily          1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOCDStorageFamily          1.7.1
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBMassStorageClass          3.6.0
com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver          4.2.0f6
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily          4.2.0f6
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBHIDDriver          650.4.4
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPOutAdapter          2.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPInAdapter          2.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltDPAdapterFamily          2.5.0
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltPCIUpAdapter          1.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltPCIDownAdapter          1.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBMergeNub          650.4.0
com.apple.driver.AppleUSBComposite          650.4.0
com.apple.driver.CoreStorage          380
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireSBP2          4.2.5
com.apple.iokit.IOFireWireFamily          4.5.5
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIBlockCommandsDevice          3.6.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSCSIArchitectureModelFamily          3.6.0
com.apple.driver.AppleThunderboltNHI          1.9.2
com.apple.iokit.IOThunderboltFamily          2.8.5
com.apple.iokit.IOEthernetAVBController          1.0.3b3
com.apple.driver.mDNSOffloadUserClient          1.0.1b4
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient          650.4.4
com.apple.iokit.IO80211Family          600.34
com.apple.iokit.IONetworkingFamily          3.2
com.apple.iokit.IOAHCIFamily          2.6.0
com.apple.iokit.IOUSBFamily          650.4.4
com.apple.driver.AppleEFINVRAM          2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOHIDFamily          2.0.0
com.apple.driver.AppleEFIRuntime          2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily          1.1
com.apple.security.sandbox          278.10
com.apple.kext.AppleMatch          1.0.0d1
com.apple.security.TMSafetyNet          7
com.apple.driver.AppleKeyStore          2
com.apple.driver.DiskImages          371.1
com.apple.iokit.IOStorageFamily          1.9
com.apple.iokit.IOReportFamily          21
com.apple.driver.AppleFDEKeyStore          28.30
com.apple.driver.AppleACPIPlatform          2.0
com.apple.iokit.IOPCIFamily          2.8
com.apple.iokit.IOACPIFamily          1.4
com.apple.kec.corecrypto          1.0
com.apple.kec.pthread          1
Model: iMac13,2, BootROM IM131.010A.B05, 4 processors, Intel Core i7, 3.4 GHz, 24 GB, SMC 2.11f14
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX, PCIe, 2048 MB
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x02FE, 0x45424A3431554638424455352D474E2D4620
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x02FE, 0x45424A3431554638424455352D474E2D4620
Memory Module: BANK 0/DIMM1, 8 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x802C, 0x31364B544631473634485A2D314736453220
Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM1, 8 GB, DDR3, 1600 MHz, 0x802C, 0x31364B544631473634485A2D314736453220
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0xF4), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.22)
Bluetooth: Version 4.2.0f6 12982, 3 services, 23 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Ethernet, Ethernet, en0
PCI Card: pci1b21,612, AHCI Controller, Thunderbolt@11,0,0
Serial ATA Device: ST3000DM001-9YN166, 3 TB
Serial ATA Device: APPLE HDD ST1000DM003, 1 TB
Serial ATA Device: APPLE SSD SM128E, 121.33 GB
USB Device: USB3.0 Hub
USB Device: USB3.0 Hub
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: MF4320-4350
USB Device: FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
USB Device: USB2.0 Hub
USB Device: USB2.0 Hub
USB Device: USB Receiver
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: iPad
USB Device: Apple USB SuperDrive
USB Device: Hub
USB Device: BRCM20702 Hub
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Bus: iMac, Apple Inc., 23.4
Thunderbolt Device: GoFlex Desk Adapter Thunderbolt, Seagate, 1, 26.0

First you might want to uninstall these per the developers instructions
org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv          4.1.8
com.Logitech.Unifying.HID Driver          1.2.0
com.Logitech.Control Center.HID Driver          3.6.0
com.seagate.driver.SeagateGoFlexBlockSizeAdjuster          5.2.2
Then I see you have third party ram. You might want to remove it and see if the panics stop.

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EtreCheck version: 2.0.11 (98)
Report generated 30 de noviembre de 2014 20:08:20 GMT+1
Hardware Information: ℹ️
    MacBook Pro (15-inch 2.4/2.2GHz) (Verified)
    MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro3,1
    1 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
    4 GB RAM Upgradeable
        BANK 0/DIMM0
            2 GB DDR2 SDRAM 667 MHz ok
        BANK 1/DIMM1
            2 GB DDR2 SDRAM 667 MHz ok
    Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
    Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
    GeForce 8600M GT     - VRAM: 128 MB
        Color LCD 1440 x 900
        SMBX2231 1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz
System Software: ℹ️
    OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Uptime: 2:6:17
Disk Information: ℹ️
    WDC WD5000BPVT-22HXZT1 disk0 : (500,11 GB)
    S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
        Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 438.49 GB (294.37 GB free)
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
        BOOTCAMP (disk0s4) /Volumes/BOOTCAMP : 60.76 GB (19.63 GB free)
USB Information: ℹ️
    Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
        Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard
    Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Logitech USB Optical Mouse
    Apple Computer Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Configuration files: ℹ️
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Gatekeeper: ℹ️
    Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
        /Applications/Internet Everywhere.app
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    [not loaded]    com.option.driver.Option72 (2.17.0) Support
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    [not loaded]    com.option.driver.OptionMSD (1.21.0) Support
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    [not loaded]    com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMControl (1.4.20 - SDK 10.6) Support
    [not loaded]    com.devguru.driver.SamsungACMData (1.4.20 - SDK 10.6) Support
    [not loaded]    com.devguru.driver.SamsungMTP (1.4.20 - SDK 10.5) Support
    [not loaded]    com.devguru.driver.SamsungSerial (1.4.20 - SDK 10.6) Support
Startup Items: ℹ️
    MySQLCOM: Path: /Library/StartupItems/MySQLCOM
    XiMetaNDASService: Path: /Library/StartupItems/XiMetaNDASService
    XiMetaNetLpx: Path: /Library/StartupItems/XiMetaNetLpx
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    [running]    com.bjango.istatmenusnotifications.plist Support
    [running]    com.intego.commonservices.integomenu.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.intego.commonservices.taskmanager.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.intego.commonservices.uninstaller.plist Support
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    [running]    com.bjango.istatmenusdaemon.plist Support
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When you launch Terminal, a text window will open with a line already in it, ending either in a dollar sign ($) or a percent sign (%). If you get the percent sign, enter “sh” and press return. You should then get a new line ending in a dollar sign.
Triple-click anywhere in the line of text below on this page to select it:
clear; PB=/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy; PR () { [[ "$o" ]] && o=$(sed 's/^/ /' <<< "$o") && printf '\n%s:\n\n%s\n' "$1" "$o"; }; PC () { o=$(grep [^[:blank:]] "$2"); PR "$1"; }; PF () { o=$($PB -c Print "$2" | awk -F'= ' \/$3'/{print $2}'); PR "$1"; }; PN () { [[ $o -eq 0 ]] || printf "\n%s: %s\n" "$1" $o; }; a=$(id | grep -w '80(admin)'); [[ "$a" ]] && sudo true && r=1 || r=; { [[ "$a" ]] || echo $'No admin access\n'; [[ "$a" && ! "$r" ]] && echo $'No root access\n'; system_profiler SPSoftwareDataType | sed '8!d;s/^ *//'; o=$(system_profiler SPDiagnosticsDataType | sed '5,6!d'); fgrep -q P <<< "$o" && o=; PR "POST"; o=$(($(vm_stat | awk '/Pageo/{sub("\\.",""); print $2}')/256)); o=$((o>=1024?o:0)); PN "Pageouts (MiB)"; s=( $(sar -u 1 10 | sed '$!d') ); [[ ${s[4]} -lt 90 ]] && o=$( printf 'User %s%%\t\tSystem %s%%' ${s[1]} ${s[3]} ) || o=; PR "Total CPU usage"; [[ "$o" ]] && o=$(ps acrx -o comm,ruid,%cpu | sed '2!d'); PR "Max %CPU by process (name, UID, %)"; o=$(kextstat -kl | grep -v com\\.apple | cut -c53- | cut -d\< -f1); PR "Loaded extrinsic kernel extensions"; o=$(launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.apple|org\.(x|openbsd)|\.[0-9]+$/{print $3}'); PR "Loaded extrinsic user agents"; o=$(launchctl getenv DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES); PR "Inserted libraries"; PC "cron configuration" /e*/cron*; o=$(crontab -l | grep [^[:blank:]]); PR "User cron tasks"; PC "Global launchd configuration" /e*/lau*; PC "Per-user launchd configuration" ~/.lau*; PF "Global login items" /L*/P*/loginw* Path; PF "Per-user login items" L*/P*/*loginit* Name; PF "Safari extensions" L*/Saf*/*/E*.plist Bundle | sed 's/\..*$//;s/-[1-9]$//'; o=$(find ~ $TMPDIR.. $ -flags +sappnd,schg,uappnd,uchg -o ! -user $UID -o ! -perm -600 $ | wc -l); PN "Restricted user files"; cd; o=$(find -L /S*/L*/E* {,/}L*/{A*d,Compon,Ex,In,Keyb,Mail/Bu,P*P,Qu,Scripti,Servi,Spo}* -type d -name Contents -prune | while read d; do ID=$($PB -c 'Print :CFBundleIdentifier' "$d/Info.plist") || ID=; ID=${ID:-No bundle ID}; egrep -qv "^com\.apple\.[^x]|Accusys|ArcMSR|ATTO|HDPro|HighPoint|driver\.stex|hp-fax|JMicron|microsoft\.MDI|print|SoftRAID" <<< $ID && printf '%s\n\t(%s)\n' "${d%/Contents}" "$ID"; done); PR "Extrinsic loadable bundles"; o=$(find /u*/{,*/}lib -type f -exec sh -c 'file -b "$1" | grep -qw shared && ! codesign -v "$1"' {} {} \; -print); PR "Unsigned shared libraries"; o=$(system_profiler SPFontsDataType | egrep "Valid: N|Duplicate: Y" | wc -l); PN "Font problems"; for d in {,/}L*/{La,Priv,Sta}*; do o=$(ls -A "$d"); PR "$d"; done; [ "$r" ] && { o=$(sudo launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.(apple|openssh|vix\.cron)|org\.(amav|apac|calendarse|cups|dove|isc|ntp|post[fg]|x)/{print $3}'); PR "Loaded extrinsic daemons"; o=$(sudo defaults read com.apple.loginwindow LoginHook); PR "Login hook"; o=$(sudo crontab -l | grep [^[:blank:]]); PR "Root cron tasks"; }; o=$(syslog -k Sender kernel -k Message CReq 'GPU |hfs: Ru|I/O e|find tok|n Cause: -|NVDA\(|pagin|timed? ?o' | tail -n25 | awk '/:/{$4=""; print}'); PR "Log check"; } 2> /dev/null | pbcopy; exit
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Then click anywhere in the Terminal window and paste (command-V). I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, you may have to press the return key after pasting. The line you pasted will disappear.
If you're logged in as an administrator, you'll be prompted for your login password. Nothing will be displayed when you type it. Type it carefully and then press return. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you make three failed attempts to enter your password, the command will run anyway, but it will produce less information. In most cases, the difference is not important.
The command may take up to a few minutes to run, depending on how many files you have and the speed of the computer. Wait for the line "[Process completed]" to appear.
You can then quit Terminal. The output of the command will have been copied to the Clipboard automatically. All you have to do is paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V again.
Please note:
☞ This procedure is all copy-and-paste — type only your login password when prompted. When typing it, you won't see what you're typing. Make sure caps lock is off.
☞ Remember to post the output. It's already in the Clipboard when you see "[Process completed]" in the Terminal window.
☞ If any personal information, such as your name or email address, appears in the output, anonymize it before posting. Usually that won't be necessary.

After restart maverick starts in Disk utility and wants to re-install?

For many days, my computer wanted to restart, because off 10.9.3 update. Havent had the time to re-start yet, but today i was forced to because off other problems and my macbook hanging.
After restart, it did not start as normally, but starts in "choose language screen" and moves to disk utility screen after that. Here I can choose to re-install everything or to restore from time machine. I do have a week old backup, but i would rather have my system back up runni g without that.
I have tried pram and smc reset. I tried disk utility repair too. Trying to repair my hard disk (first level called 750.16gb wdc wd750...) i got an error
"Live file system repair is not supported"
Trying to repair second level (under this 750.16 and called disk0s2) i got an error saying:
"Disk utility cant repair this disk. Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed-up files."
Is there something wrong with the update, my hard disk or something else?
If the last change is to restore from time machine, i could try that. But my frien just had a similar problem after changing hard disk, and that restore was not going by the book. (We could onlu restore one user).

If you were to get a copy of one of the utilities that I mentioened earlier, they come with a bootable DVD if your Mac is supported to boot from their DVD. If not, they would need to be installed on a bootable drive from a working Mac and then you would boot your Mac from that external drive.
If you just want to install OS X from a backup, you will have to format your hard drive before you can reinstall anything to it.

Mavericks start uo problem

Downloaded OS X Mavericks but upon opening computer all I get is a grey screen with an icon of a folder with a question mark on it. Help

Hello marwandese,
Thank you for the details of the issue you are experiencing with your MacBook Air display.
I found an article with steps to troubleshoot issues with displays. This article is for internal and external displays, so you can skip any steps referring to an external display. I recommend reviewing the full article, but this step specifically stands out to me for the issue you described:
Reset the system
You can reset the Mac's parameter RAM and SMC.
You can find the full article here:
Apple computers: Troubleshooting issues with video on internal or external displays
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1573
If the issue persists after following the steps in that article, I recommend following the steps in the following article:
OS X: When your computer spontaneously restarts or displays "Your computer restarted because of a problem."
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4636
Thank you for posting in the Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M.

Why does this mavericks start on its own? even after downloading GFX card status it keeps on restarting. Fix it Apple. I'm going Banana.

The laptop says kernel error, but after downloading GFX card status the laptop keeps on getting restarted. Oh why did i buy a macbook?

Either your Mac is broken, or you have something installed which isn't compatible. Hard to tell without the kernel panic log.

Illustrator crashing solution unclear (CC 2014, Mac OSX Mavericks, start-up crash, plug-ins confusion)

Illustrator CC 2014 crashing on launch. Troubleshooting solution suggests moving third-party plug-ins, but how do I distinguish third-party plug-ins from those that should stay in situ, AND in any case, how do I actually move them, as any attempt to move anything out of the plug-ins folder simply creates a shortcut?

MoonVole,
You may look at the list of things to try below.
And you may try Creative Cloud support (all Creative Cloud customer service issues):
http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/service-ccm.html
Or if relevant this specialized forum (where you may be able find the answer from previous threads),
http://forums.adobe.com/community/download_install_setup
The following is a general list of things you may try when the issue is not in a specific file (you may have tried/done some of them already); 1) and 2) are the easy ones for temporary strangenesses, and 3) and 4) are specifically aimed at possibly corrupt preferences); 5) is a list in itself, and 6) is the last resort.
1) Close down Illy and open again;
2) Restart the computer (you may do that up to 3 times);
3) Close down Illy and press Ctrl+Alt+Shift/Cmd+Option+Shift during startup (easy but irreversible);
4) Move the folder (follow the link with that name) with Illy closed (more tedious but also more thorough and reversible);
5) Look through and try out the relevant among the Other options (follow the link with that name, Item 7) is a list of usual suspects among other applications that may disturb and confuse Illy, Item 15) applies to CC, CS6, and maybe CS5);
Even more seriously, you may:
6) Uninstall, run the Cleaner Tool (if you have CS3/CS4/CS5/CS6/CC), and reinstall.
http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cscleanertool.html

How long does it usually take to upgrade macair 13 to OS X Mavericks? You see, I've started my upgrade at around 11pm last night, it's now 10:20am but it seems not done yet. Thanks

Hi there,
Peace & good day!
May I seek help re: my concern - you see, I want to upgrade my Macair 13 to OS X Mavericks. Following the instruction found on Apple website, I installed OSX Mavericks starting at around 11pm last night, it's 10:25am now, yet it is not yet finished. My question then is how long does it take really to do the upgrading? Or is there anything else that I missed out? One thing sure, my macair13 is compatible with OSX Mavericks.
Would appreciate your advise.
Thanks & God Bless,
Nina

depends on your ISP connection speeds, on a 10mbs connection at around 6gig download, it takes around 40 mins to 1hr and half.

Mavericks re-indexes my external hard drive when I save a single file to it.

Ok here is my problem.
I have an external hard drive that has over 500 gigs worth of files on it. This hard drive was already indexed when I had OSX Mountain Lion. When I upgraded to Mavericks and then went to find files on my external hard drive I could not even use the finder. Come to find out Mavericks was re-indexing the entire 500 plus gigs of data. That took 8 hours. That was last Tuesday.
Yesterday I went to work on some files and I plugged in the external hard drive and was able to search the hard drive and find what I needed. However when I started saving files the previous 8 hour indexing from last week was like it never happened and Mavericks started the re-indexing all over again.
This never happened with Mountain Lion or my previous OSX Snow Leopard. This hard drive was formatted to work on both Mac and PC under Fat32 file formatting. I had no problems in the past under previous OSX from apple as explained previously.
This not only made finding other files on the hard drive impossible but it took another 8 hours to re-index and this is unacceptable.
This is a major bug/break in the OS and I need to find a fix quick because I work from home and the external hard drive I am using is not mine it belongs to my employer.
Any help or a way to contact apple and report this issue would be grateful. I'm on a late 2009 iMac so I'm past warranty and I can't pay for their fee to even get online or a phone call help.
One other thing to note this is a WD external hard drive.

Send Apple feedback. They won't answer, but at least will know there is a problem. If enough people send feedback, it may get the problem solved sooner.
Feedback
Or you can use your Apple ID to register with this site and go the Apple BugReporter. Supposedly you will get an answer if you submit feedback.
Feedback via Apple Developer

App store app will no longer open after installing Mavericks. How do I update in future??

Many of the apps that came with my MacBook Pro when I bought it direct from Apple last year now crash the moment the icon appears in the Dock since I installed Mavericks. These include Calendar, Pages, Contacts, Preview (all of these were updated after I installed Mavericks) and, most worrying, The App Store app. If and when Apple produces updates to sort out the bugs in the new system, how can I get them if I cannot open the App Store? Has anyone else found answers to these problems? I can get around some of these problems eg by installing Adobe Reader instead of Preview but I don't want to be stuck with a system I cannot update. Padraig

Hey pomorain!
It sounds like you have an issue with your installation of Mavericks. I would suggest that attempt to Safe Boot your computer first as a troubleshooting step to see if the issue can be resolved that way:
OS X Mavericks: Start up in safe mode
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14204
If you are still experiencing these issues, you may want to try reinstalling your installation of Mavericks:
OS X Mavericks: Reinstall OS X
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13871
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities. Have a good one!
-Braden

Why did my Apple logo turn blue at start up?

At start up, the Apple logo turned blue (originally gray). The outline of the logo also became pixelated, containing the colors red, green, yellow, etc.
I also have this problem where whenever I am using an application (during the first hour after start up) they would deactivate during the first five seconds of use. I would have to constantly click the application to reactivate it. For example, as I am typing in Microsoft Word, the application would deactivate enabling me from typing, until I select the program to reactivate it.

Hi tessira_c,
I would suggest starting to troubleshoot this issue by starting your MacBook Pro up in Safe Mode. See this article for the procedure -
OS X Mavericks: Start up in safe mode
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14204
Does the issue (blue Apple at startup) occur when starting this way? If so, use the steps in this article to continue isolating the issue -
Mac OS X: Gray screen appears during startup
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2570
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Brett L

SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!!! Indesign keeps crashing on Mavericks...

I've upgraded to Mavericks (big mistake) and now InDesign and sometimes Illustrator (CS6) keeps crashing on me. I've brought my iMac to Apple, they said i needed more RAM, bought more RAM, keeps crashing. They reinstalled Mavericks, keeps crashing. I've uninstalled and reinstalled Adobe CS6 (used Cleaner Tool as well), keeps crashing. I cannot work and have spent over $600 trying to get this fixed someone please help thank you!!

Hi
Could you please just try to check if the application is working in a new admin account without uninstalling and reinstalling it ,
Also if you can check if it would work in the Safe Mode
Help document for safe mode : OS X Mavericks: Start up in safe mode
I guess you know how to create a new admin account "please do not check with Pre existing account "
Please Reply with the result and we can work further
Regards
J

My SD card appears then disappears on Mavericks OS?

I've recently upgraded to Mavericks (starting to regret my decision) and when I stick in my SD card from my camera into my Macbook, the icon will appear for a few seconds, turn translucent then disappear completely. I've read other discussion but haven't found one quite like this. I did try turning off time machine but that did not work. Any help is appreciated!

Your USB bus is "dropping" off. When it does, it unmounts or ejects the disk.
First thing to try is resetting the SMC: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964
Then try resetting the PRAM: http://support.apple.com/kb/ph14222

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