With Maverick (10.9.1) I got a capricious pointer

Question

Firts, I got a "zebra"pointer, impossible to get the black arrow, it's cut by diagonal transparent lines.
Impossible to get the little cross when I want to take an image of something on the desktop (Cmd+shift+4), either to work on photoshop.
Impossible to shut pdf docs on Reader.
I had too some frooze situation.
Last, last time I install a new Apple system at his "opening season"...
Claude

Answer 1

Try setting up another admin user account to see if the same problem continues. If Back-to-My Mac is selected in System Preferences, the Guest account will not work. The intent is to see if it is specific to one account or a system wide problem. This account can be deleted later.
Isolating an issue by using another user account
If the problem is still there, try booting into the Safe Mode using your normal account.  Disconnect all peripherals except those needed for the test. Shut down the computer and then power it back up. Immediately after hearing the startup chime, hold down the shift key and continue to hold it until the gray Apple icon and a progress bar appear. The boot up is significantly slower than normal. This will reset some caches, forces a directory check, and disables all startup and login items, among other things. When you reboot normally, the initial reboot may be slower than normal. If the system operates normally, there may be 3rd party applications which are causing a problem. Try deleting/disabling the third party applications after a restart by using the application un-installer. For each disable/delete, you will need to restart if you don't do them all at once.
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