Graphic failure after full on memory consumption

I'm having the same issue with a Mid 2010 iMac. Everything was running fine on 10.8 and then as soon as upgrading to 10.9 the graphics have been messing up after about 20 minutes of use. Tried a fresh install of 10.9 and it still has the same effect so I don't think its due to a bad installation.

Just to confirm that I have the same problem on a 2009 iMac. Started some time after upgrading to 10.9.

I'm having the same exact problem too after upgrading to Mavericks! I'm having to reboot often to temporarily correct. I have a MacBook Pro 15-inch, Mid 2010

I have got the exact same issue, mid 2010, i5 2.4ghz macbook pro. reseting the pram is a temporary solution which lasts a few hours..

I'm still of the opinion that those of you with 15" mid-2010 MacBook Pros are having graphics glitches because of the faulty Nvidia GPU found in a great number of those models. Mavericks, I believe, is just bringing the problem to the forefront.

Clinton

@clintonfrombirmingham: While that may be the case for some users, most of us affected by this Mavericks issue encounter graphic corruption when the system is using the integrated Intel card, not the Nvidia chip. In fact, a workaround for many has been to force the computer to only use the Nvidia graphics and never switch to the power-saving Intel one.

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

Same problems here, Mid2010 MBP i7

Another "funny" obervation. Preview dosen't work as it used to either. When opening e.g. large .tif files, the picture first shows OK for a very short period, then it's overwritten by grey squares. GraphicConverter and Photoshop Elements are however still working OK.

Is it a wild guess to think that it might be something wrong in code writen by Apple? Maybe related to memory management?

The 10.9.1 beta has been released to developers:

http://9to5mac.com/2013/11/15/apple-seeds-first-os-x-mavericks-10-9-1-beta-to-de velopers-with-focuses-on-mail-graphics/

With this, Apple has asked developers to focus on Mail, Graphics Drivers, and VoiceOver in their testing. Which, hopefully, means the problems we're seeing are amongst the major concerns that this release is targeting and looking to fix.

Same problem here folks. Constant GUI corruption and crashing after upgrading to OS X 10.9.

Model Name: MacBook Pro

Model Identifier: MacBookPro8,2

Processor Name: Intel Core i7

Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz

Number of Processors: 1

Total Number of Cores: 4

L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB

L3 Cache: 6 MB

Memory: 16 GB

Related to graphics switching probably as others have pointed out. Using dedicated only graphics is a crappy workaround for me - hot noisy, and poor battery life. Not happy with Apple. I bought a Mac Mini hoping to get some work done, as the crashing is terribly disruptive.

Same issue here on my MacBook Pro 15-inch, Mid 2010, logic board was replaced twice in the past due to graphical issues, was running great with ML

i have to agree with you - i had no problems for the past 2 years using Snow Leopard on my Macbook Pro model 6,2 until I installed Mavericks OS X 10.9. Now, I'm also seeing the corrupt graphics as reported.

[ I did have a problem with OS X 10.7 Lion, as many of us with the 6,2 machines experienced - unable to login unless AGS was disabled: at the time there was some confusion also as to whether it was software or hardware related. Apple provided a fix in the final patch to OS X 10.7 - but by that time I had decided to continue using Snow Leopard]

(Preferences>Energy Saver>(Turning off) Auto Graphics Switching)

This absolutely worked for me. I thought my mid 2010 MBP had bit the dust (AppleCare had just ran out) and kept getting these screwy graphics as previously posted. Thanks to the dude who posted this. my graphics haven't messed up since i unchecked this box.