My mac 10.8.3 freezing a lot

i was using mac os x and i've updated to Os Mountain Lion 10.8.3
and suddenly i saw a lot of freezing when i opening the photoshop ... and when i am browsing youtube .. or smth else ... ! please can anyone help me :S .... please it's so necessary for me because it's droving me crazy !! :S cuz it will leading me crazy

GreenAsJade wrote:
He stated, quite clearly in is own poor english, that the freezes started happening after he updated to 10.8.3.
That should win you friends. Please post where the OP mentions
- Opening an app that uses the discrete graphics
- pressing command shift 3 to take a screen shot
That they also has
I have a top of the line retina mac book pro.
That none of John's Links worked for them
Note: this is not an issue caused by any of the basic troubleshooting items listed by John Galt. Those are a distraction from the real issue.
That you suffer yours when, as he does,
when i opening the photoshop
and when i am browsing youtube
And please don't make fun of his language, these forums are not exclusive to those from english speaking countries.
Trying to keep slighty related posts in one thread is more confusing than anything. Why did you choose to threadjump this one instead of the other 50 or so going around the net? Many which give answers to the posters issues?
Anyway, hopefully we can fix the OP's problem .And if yours is the 'same, exact problem' then there you are! But adding non related comments, as you are, will only confuse the OP's issues.
Cheers
Pete

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I am currently typing this on my third re-install of Mountain Lion, as I have not been able to advance to the login screen after I boot my Mac Pro, due to freezing and the spinning pinwheel.
I may have an idea what's causing this issue, but I'm not sure how to pinpoint it, remove it or figure out what to do. It may be tied to a conflicting Geneva font, located in (my name) > Library > Fonts. This is not the "True" Geneva font, as that is located in the System > Library > Fonts folder on my primary hard drive. This "impostor" Geneva has a ".ttf" file extension while the original Geneva's extension is .dfont.
Here's an image of the window that pops up:
Before the problem happened (and before the boot freezing happened), I selected "Move To Trash" and thought nothing of it, seeing as though it's a fairly standard warning message.
On my first re-installation, I selected "Move To Trash". I did not see the font in the trash but had other files there and securely emptied it. I rebooted shortly afterward and the system locked up/pinwheeled before the login screen. On my second re-installation, I selected "Ignore Conflict" but I ended up with the same result. Notice the impostor "Geneva" seems to have a lock near its filename. Maybe this is what's holding it up.
The only other common message OSX gives me on each installation is a prompt to install a Java SE 6 Runtime, but it seems to be through the standard Apple Software Update so I doubt it's anything that would corrupt an installation.
These font conflicts stem from fonts that I transferred over from my old PC when I first bought my Mac Pro after Christmas in 2010. No issues have surfaced until now other than minor aesthetic issues that were easily resolved.
Now, I'm left with a dilemma (which is what brought me here). I need to find a way to resolve this, as I think this issue may be what's holding my computer up. I've done research and found that tampering with system fonts will cause your Mac to crash at startup. I'm a freelance video producer so this has been causing me more than a few headaches when attempting to do my work, so I'm scurrying for a result ASAP.
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Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:56:10 -0600
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Lightroom 2.6 freezes a lot
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