Yosemite Installer App Missing

Am needing to make a bootable disk of Yosemite but can't find the Installer app which should be located in the Applications folder. I'm using a Dan Frakes/Macworld article as a guide and this is the first step. Is there a way to download this from somewhere?

Did you install Yosemite on your current boot drive after downloading the installer? If so then it gets deleted after the installation. In order to keep a copy of it you need to make a copy of the install app before you continue with the initial installation.
You should be able to go to the Purchases section of the App Store and download again:

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How to keep downloaded Yosemite Installer App

RE: Create a bootable installer for OS X Mavericks or Yosemite - Apple Support (support.apple.com/en-us/HT201372) last modified 2/12/15
Related to the 3 steps beginning with 'Download the OS X Installer app from MAS', my experience (after many attempts trying different things, including using terminal command, but was unsuccessful with that as well ... I have done this easily with Mavericks so I am somewhat familiar the process, as well) is that the downloaded Yosemite Installer proceeds immediately form installation to bootup, and there is no opportunity to 'grab' the install app before the installer deletes. Like moving it to Utilities folder or renaming it. Seems that with Mavericks, you would get booted in, and the installer would leave the App alone, until the first time you use the installer to install on another volume, at which time the file gets deleted unless you have previously moved or renamed it. Would appreciate your thoughts. Probably me overlooking something, but have run out of ideas.
Running MBP mid-2012 with 10.10.2

Thanks for your reply. Sorry for not responding sooner. Nothing I tried worked, so finally (duh) contacted Apple tech support who provided these steps:
(1) Bootup from internal startup volume (I had been booting up from external drive, and Apple tech support said no-no)
(2) App Store>Purchases>Download OS X Yosemite (i.e., full OS X installer dmg file)
(3) Logged in as Admin, use Terminal command line:
sudo /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.app
[where ‘volume’ and ‘applicationpath’ obviously must correspond to any changes to name/location of the downloaded dmg file.
(4) As I remember, took maybe 45-60 minutes to complete creating the bootable installer on thumb drive (needs to be at least 8 GB).

Problems with the mac app store login/ yosemite installer download

I am trying to download the yosemite installer from the mac app store, but can't seem to log in. I receive no error message. What could be causing these issues? I am using a MacBook Pro with OS X 10.6.8.

Based on the numerous posts regarding iTunes and the App Store, there appears to be an issue at Apple's end. Although Apple has not provided any indication on the cloud status page.
Do not change your settings.

Where Does Yosemite Installer Hide? (aka missing disk space)

I've been using a 400GB partition on an external drive for Time Machine backups for some time and it's had plenty of room to work with. I upgraded to Yosemite recently and all was well with the Time Machine backups.
Yesterday I downloaded Yosemite again to install it on a second drive so that I would have a second bootable drive. Today I got notice that there was not enough space on my Time Machine backup drive. Suddenly the 400GB was not enough and my primary boot drive had swollen to 480GB. I don't know what it had been, but obviously there is now a lot more on it than there was.
My assumption is that I have the Yosemite Installer and/or hidden installer files that didn't get cleaned up after the second installation. I can't find anything in hidden files or folders that I recognize as such but soemthing is eating up lots of disk space that I need to free.
Where does the App Store stash downloads in case that's it?
If I hold Option on a restart, I no longer have the Installer as an optional boot disk, but I do get three "Recovery-10"... disks. Possibly those are the problem, but I can't locate them either.
Any ideas would be appreciated.

Ok, I may have found a possible solution. I found this at stack exchange. It's not the best option and it requires a simple shell command, and will not be able to be used to restore from Time Machine, but for backing up one or more directory, at least in the short term, this will work. Here it is:
There seems to be an issue with Yosemite renaming the computer local host by adding (#) after the computer name. There are other reports of this happening in a thread on MacRumors Forum and I believe a few people have blamed this as a cause of time machine backup failures. I've tried a few of the suggestions in the thread but so far none have worked. I've stopped using time machine for now and reverted to an old bash rsync script.
A really simple solution is to open the terminal and type:
rsync -avu ~/ /Volumes/backup_disk/backup_folder
replacing 'backup_disk' with the name of your external hard drive and 'backup_folder' with the name of the backup folder i.e.: 'yosemite_backup'. The three flags -avu mean: archive (a) copy the home directory recursively into sub folders, verbose (v) print to the terminal window everything you are copying (feel free to leave this out) and update (u) will only overwrite files that are newer than the archived file (useful after the initial main backup). This solution isn't as hands off as time machine but at least it's a simple way to back up vital information in Documents and Pictures/Videos.
Hope this helps!
to read the full discussion go to http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/151662/os-x-yosemite-time-machine-ident ity-of-the-backup-disk-has-changed

Windows partition missing after Yosemite installation

I installed Yosemite and now the Windows bootcamp partition is gone. This is a problem since I do most of my work there... For reference MacFUSE was installed on my computer prior to Yosemite installation (not sure if it matters) Anyway, after looking at various posts here, I ran the following commands and found the following (none of which solved my problems) below.
I am stuck at looking for R.NTFS in the hexdump - just not seeing it.
Where should I go from here? Is there any hope?
sudo gdisk /dev/disk0
p
Disk /dev/disk0: 236978176 sectors, 113.0 GiB
Logical sector size: 512 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): 0000559C-20E2-0000-CF43-0000BF440000
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 236978142
Partitions will be aligned on 8-sector boundaries
Total free space is 6 sectors (3.0 KiB)
Number Start (sector)    End (sector) Size       Code Name
   1              40          409639   200.0 MiB   EF00 EFI system partition
   2          409640       109093311   51.8 GiB    AF05 Macintosh HD
   3       109093312       110362855   619.9 MiB   AB00 Recovery HD
   4       110362856       236978142   60.4 GiB    0700 Microsoft basic data
d
4
n
4
110362856 (for first sector)
236978142 (for last sector)
0700
p
w
y
Then I ran sudo dd if=/dev/rdisk0s4 count=1 2>/dev/null | hexdump -C and got the following:
00000000 b7 47 8d fe b6 15 fd 3d 9d 00 f9 1f ba 87 78 9a |.G.....=......x.|
00000010 f2 b3 f5 3b a7 fc 03 5b 69 c5 c4 63 6e f9 77 77 |...;...[i..cn.ww|
00000020 a7 4b 9e 31 82 8c b8 ad b5 4e 45 dc 08 54 44 6b |.K.1.....NE..TDk|
00000030 a0 22 6e 64 5f 6e 45 2a a2 95 41 45 fc 10 e8 06 |."nd_nE*..AE....|
00000040 67 ff 8f dd cd 67 bf db 3f 03 1d fb f6 4c 87 b3 |g....g..?....L..|
00000050 bf 44 3b fb 4b bb 67 18 c7 af 59 85 c3 96 75 27 |.D;.K.g...Y...u'|
00000060 12 e0 79 fe 0b 6e 4b 36 cc 0c cf 6f d8 cb fc 4f |..y..nK6...o...O|
00000070 e0 00 4b c2 17 b6 b0 a9 e2 c5 36 00 53 5c 18 98 |..K.......6.S\..|
00000080 7e 42 92 e1 92 bb d3 49 77 9e 3a 63 10 04 f8 07 |~B.....Iw.:c....|
00000090 6a e5 ec 5e 31 07 bc d3 97 25 fb 90 52 b7 7f ac |j..^1....%..R...|
000000a0 dd ea 92 4f 3b 94 54 0b 1c 05 d3 6d 4e bf d7 c6 |...O;.T....mN...|
000000b0 a2 b6 2d 22 aa 07 a3 f6 7f c7 eb 98 f9 8b b3 f8 |..-"............|
000000c0 48 a4 db fa 47 cd 9e ff 1f b7 ad 6c fd 97 6d 03 |H...G......l..m.|
000000d0 ed 5c cc fa c1 d2 69 84 04 a4 7c 36 bd 22 e9 66 |.\....i...|6.".f|
000000e0 3e 32 fb ba d5 f4 2b 96 d0 5b e1 2c e6 46 f3 c4 |>2....+..[.,.F..|
000000f0 d9 9c fd 3c 71 d1 9e 29 b0 5e ab 3c 2d 95 bb ca |...<q..).^.<-...|
00000100 e5 7a 12 9f 36 ce 6d 30 b6 7b f3 22 e1 1e e4 2b |.z..6.m0.{."...+|
00000110 8a 75 ca fc 42 a9 0b 99 9d 21 ad 29 e5 5f c7 98 |.u..B....!.)._..|
00000120 a3 f8 d6 3d fc 2d ff 33 9c 75 df 5c 0e 53 be b4 |...=.-.3.u.\.S..|
00000130 8e c5 a2 a4 16 3a e4 28 3e f1 36 e1 1a b3 62 0b |.....:.(>.6...b.|
00000140 b9 03 96 4c cd 56 2b 8a 51 a8 91 be c0 25 e7 2c |...L.V+.Q....%.,|
00000150 77 76 e9 19 87 50 54 47 a2 c3 04 e4 78 cc 6b 0a |wv...PTG....x.k.|
00000160 49 11 37 aa f4 5f 94 94 54 2c d9 93 ff 82 20 9a |I.7.._..T,.... .|
00000170 a0 93 8e 40 c3 d3 d4 02 b7 72 5b 9c 4b fe cd 2d |[email protected][.K..-|
00000180 5f 76 75 f1 2e e7 a4 b9 e7 19 c7 06 58 bb 2e 65 |_vu.........X..e|
00000190 5c c1 20 ff 6d 5d 69 fd 26 2b 29 dd ab 93 e5 94 |\. .m]i.&+).....|
000001a0 ae d5 83 fc 3d bb b3 f3 c5 8b d4 41 fe 94 9b 63 |....=......A...c|
000001b0 89 22 c5 f5 db 0b d6 6f 73 3e 60 4e df 25 9b e7 |.".....os>`N.%..|
000001c0 06 fe 84 af f5 d1 71 48 c5 b7 98 9a ad 4d 09 2c |......qH.....M.,|
000001d0 e0 28 fe 56 20 b2 a2 31 ef ea 10 ff d8 ae d5 ee |.(.V ..1........|
000001e0 bc 23 4e f9 57 30 2f f2 2e 50 ea 39 64 ce 57 f8 |.#N.W0/..P.9d.W.|
000001f0 b3 61 d4 b6 db d8 0b c5 b0 55 5c 71 b1 10 83 10 |.a.......U\q....|
00000200
I looked for word R.NTFS but did not find it. So I am stuck at this point.
Here is the output of some other commands.
diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         55.6 GB    disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data                         64.8 GB    disk0s4
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           *55.3 GB    disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 483AFFC7-5E15-49BF-A54D-702A05D9E007
                                 Unencrypted
diskutil cs list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 8448FE1B-8CF5-412F-92E6-F7BB59B77319
    =========================================================
    Name:         Macintosh HD
    Status:       Online
    Size:         55646040064 B (55.6 GB)
    Free Space:   18952192 B (19.0 MB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume 74ED9431-6B81-4B9D-95E2-2FD3743CC362
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk0s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     55646040064 B (55.6 GB)
    |
    +-> Logical Volume Family F9134531-DEF5-4D54-BAE5-EB2FCA974389
        Encryption Status:       Unlocked
        Encryption Type:         None
        Conversion Status:       NoConversion
        Conversion Direction:    -none-
        Has Encrypted Extents:   No
        Fully Secure:            No
        Passphrase Required:     No
        |
        +-> Logical Volume 483AFFC7-5E15-49BF-A54D-702A05D9E007
            Disk:                  disk1
            Status:                Online
            Size (Total):          55274766336 B (55.3 GB)
            Conversion Progress:   -none-
            Revertible:            Yes (no decryption required)
            LV Name:               Macintosh HD
            Volume Name:           Macintosh HD
            Content Hint:          Apple_HFS
sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0
gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=121332826112; sectorsize=512; blocks=236978176
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Suspicious MBR at sector 0
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 236978175
      start       size index contents
          0          1         MBR
          1          1         Pri GPT header
          2         32         Pri GPT table
         34          6
         40     409600      1 GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
     409640 108683672      2 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
109093312    1269544      3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
110362856 126615287      4 GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
236978143         32         Sec GPT table
236978175          1         Sec GPT header
sudo fdisk /dev/disk0
Disk: /dev/disk0    geometry: 14751/255/63 [236978176 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
         Starting       Ending
#: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [     start -       size]
1: EE    0   0   2 -   25 127 14 [         1 -     409639] <Unknown ID>
2: AF   25 127 15 - 1023 254 63 [    409640 - 108683672] HFS+
3: AB 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 109093312 -    1269544] Darwin Boot
4: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused

I installed Yosemite and now the Windows bootcamp partition is gone. This is a problem since I do most of my work there... For reference MacFUSE was installed on my computer prior to Yosemite installation (not sure if it matters) Anyway, after looking at various posts here, I ran the following commands and found the following (none of which solved my problems) below.
I am stuck at looking for R.NTFS in the hexdump - just not seeing it.
Where should I go from here? Is there any hope?
sudo gdisk /dev/disk0
p
Disk /dev/disk0: 236978176 sectors, 113.0 GiB
Logical sector size: 512 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): 0000559C-20E2-0000-CF43-0000BF440000
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 236978142
Partitions will be aligned on 8-sector boundaries
Total free space is 6 sectors (3.0 KiB)
Number Start (sector)    End (sector) Size       Code Name
   1              40          409639   200.0 MiB   EF00 EFI system partition
   2          409640       109093311   51.8 GiB    AF05 Macintosh HD
   3       109093312       110362855   619.9 MiB   AB00 Recovery HD
   4       110362856       236978142   60.4 GiB    0700 Microsoft basic data
d
4
n
4
110362856 (for first sector)
236978142 (for last sector)
0700
p
w
y
Then I ran sudo dd if=/dev/rdisk0s4 count=1 2>/dev/null | hexdump -C and got the following:
00000000 b7 47 8d fe b6 15 fd 3d 9d 00 f9 1f ba 87 78 9a |.G.....=......x.|
00000010 f2 b3 f5 3b a7 fc 03 5b 69 c5 c4 63 6e f9 77 77 |...;...[i..cn.ww|
00000020 a7 4b 9e 31 82 8c b8 ad b5 4e 45 dc 08 54 44 6b |.K.1.....NE..TDk|
00000030 a0 22 6e 64 5f 6e 45 2a a2 95 41 45 fc 10 e8 06 |."nd_nE*..AE....|
00000040 67 ff 8f dd cd 67 bf db 3f 03 1d fb f6 4c 87 b3 |g....g..?....L..|
00000050 bf 44 3b fb 4b bb 67 18 c7 af 59 85 c3 96 75 27 |.D;.K.g...Y...u'|
00000060 12 e0 79 fe 0b 6e 4b 36 cc 0c cf 6f d8 cb fc 4f |..y..nK6...o...O|
00000070 e0 00 4b c2 17 b6 b0 a9 e2 c5 36 00 53 5c 18 98 |..K.......6.S\..|
00000080 7e 42 92 e1 92 bb d3 49 77 9e 3a 63 10 04 f8 07 |~B.....Iw.:c....|
00000090 6a e5 ec 5e 31 07 bc d3 97 25 fb 90 52 b7 7f ac |j..^1....%..R...|
000000a0 dd ea 92 4f 3b 94 54 0b 1c 05 d3 6d 4e bf d7 c6 |...O;.T....mN...|
000000b0 a2 b6 2d 22 aa 07 a3 f6 7f c7 eb 98 f9 8b b3 f8 |..-"............|
000000c0 48 a4 db fa 47 cd 9e ff 1f b7 ad 6c fd 97 6d 03 |H...G......l..m.|
000000d0 ed 5c cc fa c1 d2 69 84 04 a4 7c 36 bd 22 e9 66 |.\....i...|6.".f|
000000e0 3e 32 fb ba d5 f4 2b 96 d0 5b e1 2c e6 46 f3 c4 |>2....+..[.,.F..|
000000f0 d9 9c fd 3c 71 d1 9e 29 b0 5e ab 3c 2d 95 bb ca |...<q..).^.<-...|
00000100 e5 7a 12 9f 36 ce 6d 30 b6 7b f3 22 e1 1e e4 2b |.z..6.m0.{."...+|
00000110 8a 75 ca fc 42 a9 0b 99 9d 21 ad 29 e5 5f c7 98 |.u..B....!.)._..|
00000120 a3 f8 d6 3d fc 2d ff 33 9c 75 df 5c 0e 53 be b4 |...=.-.3.u.\.S..|
00000130 8e c5 a2 a4 16 3a e4 28 3e f1 36 e1 1a b3 62 0b |.....:.(>.6...b.|
00000140 b9 03 96 4c cd 56 2b 8a 51 a8 91 be c0 25 e7 2c |...L.V+.Q....%.,|
00000150 77 76 e9 19 87 50 54 47 a2 c3 04 e4 78 cc 6b 0a |wv...PTG....x.k.|
00000160 49 11 37 aa f4 5f 94 94 54 2c d9 93 ff 82 20 9a |I.7.._..T,.... .|
00000170 a0 93 8e 40 c3 d3 d4 02 b7 72 5b 9c 4b fe cd 2d |[email protected][.K..-|
00000180 5f 76 75 f1 2e e7 a4 b9 e7 19 c7 06 58 bb 2e 65 |_vu.........X..e|
00000190 5c c1 20 ff 6d 5d 69 fd 26 2b 29 dd ab 93 e5 94 |\. .m]i.&+).....|
000001a0 ae d5 83 fc 3d bb b3 f3 c5 8b d4 41 fe 94 9b 63 |....=......A...c|
000001b0 89 22 c5 f5 db 0b d6 6f 73 3e 60 4e df 25 9b e7 |.".....os>`N.%..|
000001c0 06 fe 84 af f5 d1 71 48 c5 b7 98 9a ad 4d 09 2c |......qH.....M.,|
000001d0 e0 28 fe 56 20 b2 a2 31 ef ea 10 ff d8 ae d5 ee |.(.V ..1........|
000001e0 bc 23 4e f9 57 30 2f f2 2e 50 ea 39 64 ce 57 f8 |.#N.W0/..P.9d.W.|
000001f0 b3 61 d4 b6 db d8 0b c5 b0 55 5c 71 b1 10 83 10 |.a.......U\q....|
00000200
I looked for word R.NTFS but did not find it. So I am stuck at this point.
Here is the output of some other commands.
diskutil list
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *121.3 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         55.6 GB    disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data                         64.8 GB    disk0s4
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           *55.3 GB    disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 483AFFC7-5E15-49BF-A54D-702A05D9E007
                                 Unencrypted
diskutil cs list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 8448FE1B-8CF5-412F-92E6-F7BB59B77319
    =========================================================
    Name:         Macintosh HD
    Status:       Online
    Size:         55646040064 B (55.6 GB)
    Free Space:   18952192 B (19.0 MB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume 74ED9431-6B81-4B9D-95E2-2FD3743CC362
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk0s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     55646040064 B (55.6 GB)
    |
    +-> Logical Volume Family F9134531-DEF5-4D54-BAE5-EB2FCA974389
        Encryption Status:       Unlocked
        Encryption Type:         None
        Conversion Status:       NoConversion
        Conversion Direction:    -none-
        Has Encrypted Extents:   No
        Fully Secure:            No
        Passphrase Required:     No
        |
        +-> Logical Volume 483AFFC7-5E15-49BF-A54D-702A05D9E007
            Disk:                  disk1
            Status:                Online
            Size (Total):          55274766336 B (55.3 GB)
            Conversion Progress:   -none-
            Revertible:            Yes (no decryption required)
            LV Name:               Macintosh HD
            Volume Name:           Macintosh HD
            Content Hint:          Apple_HFS
sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0
gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=121332826112; sectorsize=512; blocks=236978176
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Suspicious MBR at sector 0
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 236978175
      start       size index contents
          0          1         MBR
          1          1         Pri GPT header
          2         32         Pri GPT table
         34          6
         40     409600      1 GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
     409640 108683672      2 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
109093312    1269544      3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
110362856 126615287      4 GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
236978143         32         Sec GPT table
236978175          1         Sec GPT header
sudo fdisk /dev/disk0
Disk: /dev/disk0    geometry: 14751/255/63 [236978176 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
         Starting       Ending
#: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [     start -       size]
1: EE    0   0   2 -   25 127 14 [         1 -     409639] <Unknown ID>
2: AF   25 127 15 - 1023 254 63 [    409640 - 108683672] HFS+
3: AB 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 109093312 -    1269544] Darwin Boot
4: 00    0   0   0 -    0   0   0 [         0 -          0] unused

Missing Installer App in Nexus1000v for Hyper-V zip

Hi all!!
I am trying to install a Nexus 1000v for Hyper-V following de documentation, and I have seen that the Installer App supposed to be used to install it is not included in the Nexus1000V5.2.1.SM1.5.2.zip
I've tried to achieve it but it has been impossible. Could anyone upload it?
Thank you

Hello,
I don't believe the installer app is available anymore with the new 5.2(1)SM1(5.2).
Have you tried doing the install with the new documentation for 5.2(1)SM1(5.2) which does not reference the installer app?
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/datacenter/nexus1000/hyperv/sw/5_2_1_s_m_1_5_2/install_upgrade/vsm_vem/guide/n1k_install_upgrade/n1000v_gsg_1_HV_install.html#wp1260225

After Upgrade to Yosemite, all apps are slow.

I upgraded to Yosemite and all applications are slow. ( as e.g.. starting to type in this box give me beachball for 2 seconds initially) A big difference in speed from Mavericks to Yosemite. Opening system preferences takes 3 seconds to load, and clicking on Users & Groups takes 25 seconds to open.
I do not have fire vault enabled. I did a safe boot and some apps did appear to open faster. Also did a repair disk and rebooted. No change. When Safari is open it takes 5 seconds to open a new window.   I ran EtreCheck and the report is as follows;
Thanks for any help;( After pasting the EtreCheck text file, I clicked on this box to add the Thanks... , it took 2-3 seconds for the beach ball to stop spinning.)
Problem description:
After upgrading to Yosemite, all apps are slow,
EtreCheck version: 2.0.6 (91)
Report generated October 20, 2014 at 11:46:01 AM MDT
Hardware Information: ℹ️
iMac (24-inch, Early 2009) (Verified)
iMac - model: iMac9,1
1 2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
8 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
NVIDIA GeForce 9400 - VRAM: 256 MB
iMac 1920 x 1200
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: 0:23:55
Disk Information: ℹ️
WDC WD6400AAKS-40H2B0 disk0 : (640.14 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 639.28 GB (130.48 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5670S
USB Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
Burr-Brown from TI USB Audio CODEC
Canon MP480 series
Western Digital My Book 1140 2 TB
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
MyBookMovies (disk2s2) /Volumes/MyBookMovies : 2 TB (549.58 GB free)
LaCie LaCie Hard Drive USB 1 TB
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Time Machine Backups (disk1s2) /Volumes/Time Machine Backups : 795.40 GB (322.99 GB free)
Time Machine Airdisk (disk1s3) /Volumes/Time Machine Airdisk : 100.77 GB (55.52 GB free)
EXCHANGE (disk1s4) /Volumes/EXCHANGE : 100.09 GB (45.35 GB free)
ALCOR Generic USB Hub
Prolific Technology Inc. USB-Serial Controller
Prolific Technology Inc. USB-Serial Controller
Hewlett-Packard hp LaserJet 1012
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Prolific Technology Inc. USB-Serial Controller D
Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
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Mac App Store and identified developers
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/Applications/Parallels Desktop.app
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/Applications/Toast 11 Titanium/Spin Doctor.app
[not loaded] com.hzsystems.terminus.driver (4) Support
/Library/Application Support/VirtualBox
[loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (4.3.12) Support
[loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (4.3.12) Support
[loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (4.3.12) Support
[loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (4.3.12) Support
/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] foo.tun (1.0) Support
/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.hzsystems.driver.CDSDAudioCaptureSupport (1.5) Support
[loaded] com.prolific.driver.PL2303 (1.5.1 - SDK 10.6) Support
[not loaded] com.roxio.BluRaySupport (1.1.6) Support
[not loaded] com.wdc.driver.1394HP (1.0.9) Support
[not loaded] com.wdc.driver.USBHP (1.0.11) Support
/Users/[redacted]/Library/Services/ToastIt.service/Contents/MacOS
[not loaded] com.roxio.TDIXController (2.0) Support
Startup Items: ℹ️
HP IO: Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP IO
Startup items are obsolete and will not work in future versions of OS X
Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.paragon.NTFS.notify.plist Support
Launch Agents: ℹ️
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Messages Application (/Applications/Messages.app)
MagicPrefs UNKNOWN (missing value)
Calendar ApplicationHidden (/Applications/Calendar.app)
Mail ApplicationHidden (/Applications/Mail.app)
Contacts ApplicationHidden (/Applications/Contacts.app)
PowerboxInjector Application (/Applications/PowerboxInjector.app)
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DirectorShockwave: Version: 12.0.4r144 - SDK 10.6 Support
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OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.2.0 Support
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iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
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JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 15.0.0 - SDK 10.10 Check version
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1Password
AdBlock
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OpenIE
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Flash Player Support
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MacFUSE (Tuxera) Support
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Paragon NTFS for Mac ® OS X Support
Perian Support
QuickTime Player X Preferences Support
WDQuickView Support
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You could do that, but when setting up your new iMac it is a much better idea to transfer only your existing User Accounts. In other words when Setup Assistant appears, de-select "Applications", "Computer and Network Settings" and "Other files and folders". That way you will eliminate the possibility of reinstalling potentially incompatible software from your existing Mac or its TM backup. It's best to create new printer queues and preferences anyway.
Your venerable HP 1012 will probably work without any difficulty but if you need its driver download it here. If it gives you trouble try OS X's generic PostScript driver.
After configuring your user account, install original versions of your essential software from their original sources. In other words if you installed them via download from the developer's website, download them again. You might need license keys so gather them. Obviously the Mac App Store makes things easy since anything you obtain from there is already linked to your Apple ID and is easily reinstalled by going to your Purchases page.
Don't reinstall things like AppCleaner, CleanMyMac, Western Digital "Smartware" or any of that junk. You don't need it. MacFUSE is outdated. Research Prolific Technology for potential updates for their serial controller. The one you have may work, or not, but you should re-download its driver.
Consider abandoning Microsoft altogether and migrating to better solutions such as Pages, Numbers, and Keynote. They are all free with a purchase of a new Mac and are far more integrated with OS X than anything Microsoft will ever be able to accomplish.
The Burr-Brown USB device is unknown to me, so research TI's website for support if you need it.
If your essential software was distributed on optical media, you can use OS X's "DVD or CD sharing" feature to remotely mount the older iMac's optical drive so that you can install its software. It will work as though that drive were physically installed on your new Mac. Having said that, anything that was distributed on optical media is highly likely to have been outdated a long time ago.
If your essential software is old, orphaned, no longer supported, or is no longer available, meaning you have the only viable copy, the only option is to transfer it from the TM backup or older Mac. In that case be very cognizant of the likelihood for incompatibility, and have a plan for uninstalling it should it cause adverse effects. Creating a new TM backup is the way to do that. A new external HD dedicated to the new Mac is a cheap investment. When you are certain you no longer require the older Mac's TM backup, you can erase it and use it as an additional, redundant TM backup or "clone" repository – whichever you decide is best for your backup needs.

HT201372 The copy of the installer app failed.

I'm trying to create a USB bootable with Yosemite, but the process doesn't complete.
I launched the command from terminal as explained here
/Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/YOSEMITE/ --applicationpath /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.app
and I got the following output:
Ready to start.
To continue we need to erase the disk at /Volumes/YOSEMITE/.
If you wish to continue type (Y) then press return: Y
Erasing Disk: 0%... 10%... 20%... 30%...100%...
Copying installer files to disk...
The copy of the installer app failed.
Everything goes fine until almost the end. It seems the USB volume is unmounted abruptly because it disappears from the desktop and I got the message asking to eject it before removing it. After that, I get the error that the copy of the installer fails.
I'm running OS X 10.10.1, I downloaded the Yosemite Image from App Store.
Thanks in advance for any suggestion.

You can make a bootable USB stick to install using this free program which will do all the work for you.
Bootable USB Flash Drive – Diskmaker X

"/System/Library/CoreServices/Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/Installer" help!

On Mac OS X 10.6.2
I can not use command "/System/Library/CoreServices/Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/Installer InstallMe.pkg" to install the pkg.
It error as follow. The command can working on Tiger and Leopard.
Message was edited by: Still Snow
Message was edited by: Still Snow

J-Ansons-Mac-mini:/ root# /System/Library/CoreServices/Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/Installer /player/AdbeRdr920en_USi386.pkg/
2009-11-26 16:45:37.206 Installer[860:903] Error loading /player/AdbeRdr920en_USi386.pkg/Contents/Plugins/iNOSSO.bundle/Contents/MacOS/NOS Installer: dlopen(/player/AdbeRdr920en_USi386.pkg/Contents/Plugins/iNOSSO.bundle/Contents/MacOS/NOS Installer, 265): no suitable image found. Did find:
/player/AdbeRdr920en_USi386.pkg/Contents/Plugins/iNOSSO.bundle/Contents/MacOS/NOS Installer: no matching architecture in universal wrapper
2009-11-26 16:45:37.616 Installer[860:4207] PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008enautomator.pkg
2009-11-26 16:45:37.618 Installer[860:4207] PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008en_automatorworkflow.pkg
2009-11-26 16:45:37.619 Installer[860:4207] PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008enautoupdate.pkg
2009-11-26 16:45:37.621 Installer[860:4207] PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008enclipart.pkg
2009-11-26 16:45:37.623 Installer[860:4207] PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008encore.pkg
2009-11-26 16:45:37.624 Installer[860:4207] PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008endock.pkg
2009-11-26 16:45:37.626 Installer[860:4207] PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008enentourage.pkg
2009-11-26 16:45:37.627 Installer[860:4207] PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008en_entourage_helpstd.pkg
2009-11-26 16:45:37.629 Installer[860:4207] PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008enequationeditor.pkg
2009-11-26 16:45:37.631 Installer[860:4207] PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008enerrorreporting.pkg
2009-11-26 16:45:37.632 Installer[860:4207] PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008enexcel.pkg
2009-11-26 16:45:37.633 Installer[860:4207] PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008en_excel_helpstd.pkg
2009-11-26 16:45:37.635 Installer[860:4207] PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008enfonts.pkg
2009-11-26 16:45:37.637 Installer[860:4207] PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008engraph.pkg
2009-11-26 16:45:37.638 Installer[860:4207] PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008enhelpviewer.pkg
2009-11-26 16:45:37.640 Installer[860:4207] PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008enlaunch.pkg
2009-11-26 16:45:37.641 Installer[860:4207] PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008enmessenger.pkg
2009-11-26 16:45:37.643 Installer[860:4207] PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008enooxml.pkg
2009-11-26 16:45:37.644 Installer[860:4207] PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008enorgchart.pkg
2009-11-26 16:45:37.646 Installer[860:4207] PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008enpowerpoint.pkg
2009-11-26 16:45:37.647 Installer[860:4207] PackageKit: * Missing bundle identifier: /Library/Receipts/Office2008en_powerpoint_helpstd.pkg

After updating to Yosemite, following apps not opening. App Store, Mail, Contacts, Calendars... About the Mac

After updating to Yosemite, following apps not opening.
App Store
Mail
Contacts
Calendars
Reminders
Maps
Preview
About the Mac
I recently updated to Yosemite and now I am having problems with the above mentioned apps, not opening at all.
I am unable to check to which version its update to, or even update to next version.

You ran a defective third-party "utility" such as "CleanMyMac" or "MacCleanse" that purports to "clean up" "junk" files. What it really does is to corrupt the operating system and many applications.
The first thing you need to do is remove that software according to the developer's instructions. Never install it, or anything like it, again. Then see below. If you use any iWork applications, you may need to delete them and redownload them from the App Store.
If you don't already have a current backup, back up all data, then reinstall the OS.* You don't need to erase the startup volume, and you won't need the backup unless something goes wrong. If the system was upgraded from an older version of OS X, you may need the Apple ID and password you used.
If you use FileVault 2, then before running the Installer you must launch Disk Utility and select the icon of the FileVault startup volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name.) It will be nested below another icon, usually with the same name. Click the Unlock button in the toolbar and enter your login password when prompted. Then quit Disk Utility to be returned to the main Recovery screen.
There are ways to back up a computer that isn't fully functional. Ask if you need guidance.
If you installed the Java runtime distributed by Apple and still need it, you'll have to reinstall it. The same goes for Xcode. All other data will be preserved.
*The linked support article refers to OS X 10.10 ("Yosemite"), but the procedure is the same for OS X 10.7 ("Lion") and later.

Error on downloading Yosemite from App Store

This is to open a separate specific issue that was also a problem from creating a Yosemite boot disk on a flash drive.
I had previously downloaded and installed Yosemite from the Apple upgrade site. I installed it and then my MacBook Pro started to malfunction to an unusable state. I erased my HD and restore back to my Mavericks - 10.9.5 - backup on Time Machine. I found that iTunes was now corrupt and want to try to install Yosemite from a clean HD and start over. So I have created an empty thumb drive with a single partition to use as a bootable drive to do a clean install after wiping the HD.
I now cannot download the Yosemite installer from the App Store though. I get a popup saying: "OS X Yosemite failed to download. Use the Purchases page to try again." When I go to the Purchases option at the top of the page, I get a new one page listing Yosemite (dated 10/9/2014) with a red message "An error has occurred." I have tried 3x to download again and no luck. The history also gives the option of downloading Mavericks (2/25/2014) and has iPhoto (10/20/2014) ready to Install. In the Application folder it has the Yosemite install icon greyed out with an X at the corner to cancel the install. Clicking it and confirming cancel of the install, I still get the same download error after. The download bar under the Application folder is blank, i.e. no progress.
How do I get around this?

Even the ignorant get lucky sometimes, or sometimes they just think they are lucky and will find out soon that they aren't so lucky. In any case, in my desperation to get my MBP operable again, I seem to have made some progress. I had been unable to get my first install of Yosemite to work so I ended up reverting back to Maverick via a complete restore from Time Machine. As noted above I still couldn't get a successful download of either Maverick or Yosemite to use to make a recovery flash drive (in order to wipe my HD and start over). I thought maybe I could use the built-in recovery disk on my HD to get a clean copy of Mavericks and hopefully that would fix things. I thought Mavericks would be on the recovery partition (if that's the right term) since I was running a restored Maverick. I found that the version there was 10.10 - Yosemite even though I was running Maverick Since I had already used Time Machine to restore to Mavericks I felt comfortable in seeing what would happen if I restored from the Yosemite recovery. Well - it worked. It got me up and running and let me download and complete the install of Yosemite. It now runs smoother then it did before without the spinning beachball of death all the time. But iTunes will still not launch so I need to figure that out. And I downloaded the Yosemite Installer which I can use to make a recovery flash drive.

"Download the OS X Installer app from the Mac App Store" - where to find it? A search doesn't bring any result...

I want to create a bootable USB drive for Yosemite. The support site suggests to ""Download the OS X Installer app from the Mac App Store" prior the creation. But where to find it in the App store? Any search combination does not bring a meaningful result....
Thanks guys.

Thanks Matt, understood. It was my fault, just simply thinking, there is an App called "Installer"

Missin Installer.app

I was trying to re-install itunes on my computer because my old ipod wasn't appearing on my computer. After downloading the version from apple.com i tried to open it. There is a .mpkg file and a readme file. I know the mpkg file is supposed to look like a box, but on my computer it looks like a piece of paper. After, I was looking to see what was wrong, and the "installer.app" was missing room my utilities folder.
I have no idea where it has gone...what can I do to get it back?
Thanks

Hi, pkracunas. Welcome to the Discussions.
Before going the "Pacifist" route, and after following Kappy's advice re: searching for it (in case you moved it), note the following:
Files that go missing unexpectedly can indicate a corrupted disk directory. As a general checkup, I suggest you run Steps 1-3 of the Procedure outlined in my "Resolving Disk, Permission, and Cache Corruption" FAQ before attempting to reinstall Installer.app.
If it turns out you moved it, put it back in the Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities folder (/Applications/Utilities). One should not move Apple-provided objects from the /Applications or /Applications/Utilities directories.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X
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I may receive some form of compensation, financial or otherwise, from my recommendation or link.

Trouble with launching yosemite installer

Hi all.
I've downloaded Yosemite via App Store, after that installer's start page appeared. But I rebooted my Air by mistake before start installing process.
Thus I've got no idea for now (after reboot) how to launch Yosemite installer manually (App Store shows that I've really downloaded new OS X, but there is no way to start installing). Can anyone help me with that?

Hi, lebedev.antony.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
If you are experiencing issues downloading from the Mac App Store, here is a helpful troubleshooting article. Make sure to check the Applications folder and Launchpad for the installer.
Troubleshooting the Mac App Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3624
Cheers,
Jason H.

HT201372 What is an OS X Installer App

In order to create a bootable drive for Mavericks I understand that I need to download an installer app. I'm not sure what that is. Is it what I find on my list of purchased programs? When I click on that to download it says you already have this installed are you sure you want to install it? I want to get it to an external drive. If I download it it won't start installing will it? Will I have the option to install in the external drive? Thanks

It's Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks (if you purchased a copy) or Yosemite.
The download will not auto start. Just move it to your other storage device and follow the steps to make a bootable installer.

Yosemite Installer App Missing

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