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Macbook Pro 15" Mid (2010) clean install with Mavericks! Nothing but crashes...Very disappointed

Decided to upgrade to Mavericks since Snow Leopard is no longer supported and I wanted to stay current with technology. However I wanted my computer like new again so instead I erased my drive and did a complete clean install of Mavericks.. No problem... Lately I have had nothing "BUT" problems. I have gotten computer crashes while using finder & safari... My system is not reliable anymore it just completely restarts at random it is the most frustrating thing I've ever had to deal with (EVEN PC'S AREN'T THIS BAD). Mind you I "NEVER" had these issues with Snow Leopard it ran perfectly and I fell in love with Mac. I bought my macbook pro 15' "BRAND NEW" online from apple store paid $2400 and recently discovered that my macbook pro mid 2010 model is defective. Boy I really wish I would of known that before dropping $2400 on an unreliable laptop to just give me problems. I no longer have a warranty which is long overdue. And it really makes me dislike the company as a whole. I have repaired my harddrive more than once and have repaired errors and it still crashes. Before on Snow Leopard my superdrive stopped reading all cd's/dvd's. I thought maybe if I upgraded to Mavericks it would of fixed the issue...NO. Sometimes when I hook up my built in display I get random black screens and I have to just shut down my mac..This is happening by just streaming "NETFLIX" from my flatscreen..mind you it does not "ALWAYS" happen. I'm just looking for answers and I seriously want to downgrade back to Snow Leopard cause Mavericks is too buggy! Any help would be very much appreciated. I find it difficult to even still support apple...I even have a darn iphone. Please someone help me 😟 I am desperate. I use my macbook for dj'ing and have had crashes in the middle of my gigs due to mavericks crashing my system. It's quite depressing, sad and pathetic. Thank you for any help.

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)

Posted on Mar 12, 2014 4:10 PM

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arthur

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Posted on Mar 12, 2014 5:32 PM

When you did your "clean install", exactly what did you do? After you erased your HD, how did you do the reinstall? Did you do it from a backup? Did you reinstall apps from backups?

Macs that misbehave with Mavericks usually do so because they have old/bad/incompatible software on them.

It would help to give us more information. Etresoft: EtreCheck is a free app developed by one of the contributors to this forum which will generate a system report on your computer. If you can paste the report here we can take a look and see what might be the problem.

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shodgkins83 Author

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Mar 13, 2014 12:45 PM in response to Linc Davis

i have snow leopard on a usb flash drive...that's it. I have the cd but my cd drive doesn't even read any cd's/dvd's it stopped working a few weeks ago.

shodgkins83 Author

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Mar 13, 2014 12:48 PM in response to shodgkins83

So basically the only way for me to get Snow Leopard back is to have the cd and no other option? This is not very helpful 😟 Is there a way I can download an older copy of Mavericks and try that? I'm screwed I guess..

Linc Davis

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Mar 13, 2014 12:54 PM in response to shodgkins83

If you don't have backups, you can't downgrade without losing some data, including all locally-stored mail, and I don't know what else. If you want to do it anyway, back up now, then boot from your installation drive, partition the internal drive, and install. You'll then have to do the best you can to migrate your data piecemeal. It will a long, tedious, frustrating process, and I doubt that you should attempt it at all. Get someone with more experience to help you.

shodgkins83 Author

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Mar 13, 2014 12:59 PM in response to Linc Davis

Hrmm..well I am already on a clean install of mavericks at this moment...there are no other applications on the system. I have backed up all my important files on an ext drive already. I am perfectly okay with downgrade'ing it seems like the best option to have a reliable laptop again since mavericks is completely failing in all aspects of daily computer use. My laptop is now useless because of mavericks and that's all i've been reading lately on these forums.

shodgkins83 Author

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Mar 13, 2014 1:01 PM in response to shodgkins83

How to I boot from my installation drive if the cd drive does not even read anything. When I first tempted to install mavericks I had to boot it from a usb disk just to get the installation to proceed which eventually worked.

shodgkins83 Author

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Mar 13, 2014 1:05 PM in response to shodgkins83

I ran disk utility and it fixed an error for installedprinter.plst and something for java. I don't even have a printer installed or even had a printer with this computer. That alone is a mavericks bug...

Linc Davis

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Mar 13, 2014 1:08 PM in response to shodgkins83

You wrote that you have Snow Leopard on a flash drive. If you mean the Snow Leopard installer, then you can boot from it. If you mean that you installed Snow Leopard on the flash drive, then it's of no use. You'll need a USB optical drive and an installation disc. Good luck.

shodgkins83 Author

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Mar 13, 2014 1:12 PM in response to Linc Davis

True I can boot from it I need to know how. From what i understand it's very difficult on mavericks. What do i need to do in order for it to boot up? I had no problem booting mavericks from the usb flash drive. Why wouldn't I be able to do the same for Snow Leopard?

Linc Davis

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Mar 13, 2014 2:49 PM in response to shodgkins83

Hold down the C key at the startup chime.

shodgkins83 Author

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Mar 13, 2014 8:28 PM in response to Linc Davis

Did not work with "C" held down

Linc Davis

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Mar 13, 2014 8:48 PM in response to shodgkins83

Hold down the option key. If it doesn't appear, it's not bootable.

shodgkins83 Author

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Mar 14, 2014 2:19 AM in response to Linc Davis

This is terrible.. I can't even reinstall mavericks now this installation never completes the install process. Exactly the same result when I first downloaded it.

shodgkins83 Author

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Mar 14, 2014 6:45 AM in response to shodgkins83

Finally got it to install. I'm stuck with mavericks for now cause I can't seem to boot from snow leopard dmg file on the flash drive.. I just really wanted to roll back and test the operating system compared to mavericks

shodgkins83 Author

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Mar 14, 2014 9:21 AM in response to shodgkins83

Okay back on mavericks and was able to add the snow leopard install file to the flash drive however when I boot off the install disk I get just a gray screen and the apple logo and nothing happens. I have repaired the file and it even says it's okay but fails to boot. :(

shodgkins83 Author

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Mar 14, 2014 10:18 AM in response to shodgkins83

Have tried 2 snow leopard osx installation files on the flash drive separately and both but just stay on a grey screen with apple logo... Nothing else. Why?

Macbook Pro 15" Mid (2010) clean install with Mavericks! Nothing but crashes...Very disappointed