I have a MacBook Air (year 2012), 256GB SSD, Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB, OS X 10.9 (13A603). All updates are installed.
A few weeks ago I updated to Mavericks. Since then the actual working window blinks about every 10 seconds. Note that this problem only occurs when logged in with my main user account. Guest and a reserve account don't have this problem.
The blinking screen causes a lot of troubles like missing characters when typing, closing menus directly after opening a menu, and closing the Launchpad.
When I searched the internet I read several articles saying that Google Drive causes the problem. And here is my issue: I don't have Google Drive.
This is what I tried so far:
Some suggest that the best to do is a clean reinstall of Mavericks. But before I do that I wanna know if there is somebody out there who has a more easy and convenient method.
Thanks in advance for help.
/Caspar
A few weeks ago I updated to Mavericks. Since then the actual working window blinks about every 10 seconds. Note that this problem only occurs when logged in with my main user account. Guest and a reserve account don't have this problem.
The blinking screen causes a lot of troubles like missing characters when typing, closing menus directly after opening a menu, and closing the Launchpad.
When I searched the internet I read several articles saying that Google Drive causes the problem. And here is my issue: I don't have Google Drive.
This is what I tried so far:
- cold and warm boot, even with CTRL-R
- cleaning VRAM and PRAM
- all the control and recover tools in Disk Utility
- changing screen resolution
- removed some PLIST-files (as suggested on a specific forum)
Some suggest that the best to do is a clean reinstall of Mavericks. But before I do that I wanna know if there is somebody out there who has a more easy and convenient method.
Thanks in advance for help.
/Caspar
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