Photoshop CC 2014 for Mac Keeps Crashing on Startup!

Running latest version of OS X Mavericks 10.9.3, PS CC 2014, all plugins are updated as of TODAY and all worked FINE after installation.
Program seems very hit or miss with successive bouts of starting fine then crashing, etc.
Here is the crash log:
Process:         Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 [4712]
Path:            /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CC 2014/Adobe Photoshop CC 2014.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Photoshop CC 2014
Identifier:      com.adobe.Photoshop
Version:         15.0.0 (15.0.0.58)
Code Type:       X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [146]
Responsible:     Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 [4712]
User ID:         501
Date/Time:       2014-07-10 22:54:17.765 -0600
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.9.4 (13E28)
Report Version: 11
Anonymous UUID: 8FF68BF1-84C3-0D4C-C725-CD1B1308CA7E
Sleep/Wake UUID: 38D7BDB6-790C-4316-B832-6DF2503543EE
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x0000000000000010
VM Regions Near 0x10:
-->
    __TEXT                 000000010bb7a000-0000000110655000 [ 74.9M] r-x/rwx SM=COW /Applications/Adobe Photoshop CC 2014/Adobe Photoshop CC 2014.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Photoshop CC 2014
Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   libsystem_pthread.dylib       0x00007fff93ccc9a4 _pthread_mutex_check_init + 14
1   libsystem_pthread.dylib       0x00007fff93ccc621 _pthread_mutex_lock + 28
2   com.apple.CoreFoundation       0x00007fff9363edbf CFRunLoopRemoveObserver + 79
3   com.adobe.PSAutomate           0x00000001bdb1d185 0x1bdb1c000 + 4485
4   com.apple.CoreFoundation       0x00007fff9363ed67 __CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_AN_OBSERVER_CALLBACK_FUNCTION__ + 23
5   com.apple.CoreFoundation       0x00007fff9363ecd7 __CFRunLoopDoObservers + 391
6   com.apple.CoreFoundation       0x00007fff936303b8 __CFRunLoopRun + 776
7   com.apple.CoreFoundation       0x00007fff9362fe75 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 309
8   com.apple.HIToolbox           0x00007fff895c1a0d RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 226
9   com.apple.HIToolbox           0x00007fff895c1685 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 173
10 com.apple.HIToolbox           0x00007fff895c15bc _BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInModeWithFilter + 65
11 com.apple.AppKit               0x00007fff8e66824e _DPSNextEvent + 1434
12 com.apple.AppKit               0x00007fff8e66789b -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 122
13 com.adobe.Photoshop           0x000000010bc1a2d0 0x10bb7a000 + 656080
14 com.adobe.Photoshop           0x000000010c651b38 0x10bb7a000 + 11369272
15 com.adobe.Photoshop           0x000000010c6535b7 0x10bb7a000 + 11376055
16 com.adobe.Photoshop           0x000000010c4e13c8 0x10bb7a000 + 9860040
17 com.adobe.Photoshop           0x000000010be84c7b 0x10bb7a000 + 3189883
18 com.adobe.Photoshop           0x000000010be85299 0x10bb7a000 + 3191449
19 com.adobe.Photoshop           0x000000010bb7c434 0x10bb7a000 + 9268
Can someone identify what this could be?
Thanks
Mike

It's the same with my EA everything updated I even have a fresh OS system with CC 2014 freshly installed. SVG crashing it as far as I have been using CC 2014 version.
Can you point me to some best practice for bringing in SVG or exporting from illustrator.

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London Terror Moovie.avi [124 spaces] Checked By Norton Antivirus.exe
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Kernel text base: 0xffffff800d400000
__HIB text base: 0xffffff800d300000
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Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 320M, NVIDIA GeForce 320M, PCI, 256 MB
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USB Device: Built-in iSight
USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader
USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub
USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
USB Device: IR Receiver
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Thunderbolt Bus:

Hey Bateleur90,
Thanks for the question. I understand that you are experiencing issues with your MacBook Pro. The following resources may provide a solution:
OS X Yosemite: If your Mac restarts and a message appears
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH18791
OS X: When your computer spontaneously restarts or displays "Your computer restarted because of a problem." - Apple Support
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT200553
Thanks,
Matt M.

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Windows OS
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AMD: http://support.amd.com/en-us/download
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