Can i unistall lion and revert to lepard

My Printer does not work now it is a hp c309g-m

Recover the backup you made prior to installing Lion.  If you didn't make a backup,  it becomes more complicated.  You need to know what documents are compatible with their Snow Leopard or Leopard equivalent compatible applications and export to older compatible formats, and then clone backup your system twice, and then erase and install the older system, and then recover the files in their older formats.  It is easier then just to buy a compatible printer.  See my FAQ* for entries on compatible printers:
http://www.macmaps.com/printersx.html

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  • How can I unistall Lion and go back to Snow Leopard?

    I upgraded to Lion (stupidly and blindly) and now most of my programs are not compatible.  What is the process to go back to Snow Leopard?

    Given the lack of response to this particular discussion, and given all the various and sundry ideas on this topic, I have had a panic-stricken 48 or so hours since I asked my question.  Here's what finally worked to get me back to normal:
    1.  First, I gritted my teeth and erased my hard drive, hoping and praying I'd be able to restore from Time Machine.  I'd been backing up for quite some time, but never needed it before.  HOWEVER:
    Lion evidently left little gremlins all over my hard drive, because I simply could not get my hard drive restored properly, not from the Time Machine restore function on the SL disk NOR from a manual  "Star Wars" pick and choose with my Time Machine.  Therefore (and this is important):
    I zeroed out my hard drive completely, after trying for an entire day to get things back to normal.  What you have to do is start up from the Snow Leopard disk, and do a COMPLETE erase, by which I mean that when you use DU to erase your hard drive, you go into the "security" panel on th DU screen and do a 7-pass zero-initialization of your hard drive, i.e., write zeros all over everything on your hard drive seven times, leaving it truly free of that yucky Lion.  THEN I reinstalled Snow Leopard, ran Software Update several times until it had updated everything it wanted to ad nauseum, and THEN was able to get Time Machine to work properly and bit by bit restored everything I wanted to restore.  I am appalled at the lack of accurate documentation that comes with Time Machine, frankly.  Anyway, when you get ready to restore your software AFTER you put the Snow Leopard system back on your hard drive and update it, you have to go back to a backup from BEFORE you installed Lion, though:  this is important.  Don't try to put anything associated with Lion back on your hard drive.  For me, that backup was done was last Friday.  It took ages, but....my hard drive is now purring like a kitten, and I have Snow Leopard and all my old software back.  It was a mess, but it seems to be over.  I learned from this disaster how important it is to completely wipe your hard drive clean before trying to reinstall an older  operating system.  As far as Lion goes, I will be extremely careful before I assume any new upgrade is a good upgrade.  It isn't.  I LIKE my elderly Adobe programs and my kid likes her games that need Rosetta, as does Word 2004.  My Mac is much happier with Snow Leopard.  For now.  If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

  • How do I uninstall OS Lion and revert to Snow Leopard

    Hi all, I need to use Microsoft Office Mac Version in my work. And OS X Lion don't support that. I am desparate to know how do I unistall the OS X Lion, and revert to Snow Leopard so that I can resume working on my MacBook Pro. Please help.....

    MS Office for mac 2004 is indeed incompatible I believe but 2008 onwards isn't. You should consider upgrading your MS Office to be compatible. Apple is not responsible for making 3rd party software compatible with its OS, its the 3rd party developers who updates their softwares and drivers.
    You can certainly revert back to Lion BUT it depends what type of machine do you have?Did you purchase Lion as an upgrade?is your machine Lion preinstalled?

  • CAN I REMOVE LION AND GO BACK TO SNOW LEOPARD

    can i remove lion and return to snow leopard

    I see the help offered.  I have just posted the same question and now see others with the same problem.  Lion may be fine, but for me It's giving me a headache.  A couple years ago I switched from a long time PC user to Mac largely because I was tired of the constant "upgrade" "patch and fix" merry-go-round we get with "those other guys".  My Macbook Pro worked well with Snow Leopard but was eventually talked into the Lion upgrade.  24 hours later, I'm sorry I did.  Some of my software that worked for me is not supported by Lion and neither is my Linkstation (where I have my files and backups).  I tried installing the disk that came with the system to revert or return to factory condition but it too returned an error message "...software not supported...".  I tried both pressing "C" during startup and when that failed, tried installing from the disk after Lion loaded, same result.
    I see that suggested as a solution so I'll try again, just in case I missed something, but if there are other thoughts or suggestions, they are appreciated.  I've tried to go into disk utility to partician, nope not allowed, can should I "erase" the current partician or ????
    I don't know... thanks for any suggestions to clean this up.
    Thanks.

  • CAn I run Lion and snow leopard on the same computer with different sign-ins?

    CAn I run Lion and snow leopard on the same computer with different sign-ins?

    Alternatively, partition your internal HD and dual-boot it. Do note that you have to reboot to switch back and forth. You can't do it by logging out and back in.

  • Please help.. I have just tried to install lion on my iMac and it can't complete because of 'disk error'.. can i delete lion and go back to leopard as there was no problem there?? can't get past grey screen

    Please help.. I have just tried to install lion on my iMac and it can't complete because of 'disk error'.. can i delete lion and go back to leopard as there was no problem there?? can't get past grey screen

    Just restore your bootable backup/clone or Time Machine backup.

  • How do I get Snow Leopard free Snow Leopard install DVD so I can upgrade to Lion and then be able to join the Cloud.

    How do I get free Snow Leopard install DVD so I can then install LION and move to the Cloud?

    Hi Robert,
    If you are not a mobileme subscriber you will have to buy Snow Leopard install  DVD. It is not free.
    Good luck,
    Alan

  • How does one un-install Lion and revert to Snow Leopard?

    Anyone know how to un-install Lion and revert to Snow Leopard?

    Downgrade Lion to Snow Leopard
    1.  Boot from your Snow Leopard Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button.  When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
    2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area.  If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing.  SMART info will not be reported  on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
    3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
    4. Quit DU and return to the installer. Install Snow Leopard.
    This will erase the whole drive so be sure to backup your files if you don't have a backup already. If you have performed a TM backup using Lion be aware that you cannot restore from that backup in Snow Leopard. I suggest you make a separate backup using Carbon Copy Cloner 3.4.1.

  • I have Mac OS X Snow Leopard. Can I skip Lion and upgrade to Mavericks?

    I have Mac OS X Snow Leopard. Can I skip Lion and upgrade to Mavericks?

    Yes, if your computer is compatible with Mavericks.
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  • Can you download Lion and place on two devices?

    I have an Imac and macbook - can you downloas Lion and transfer / copy to both machines?
    Many thanks, G

    Yes. You must have Snow Leopard 10.6.8 installed on each so you can purchase and download it. You can then re-download on the other computer without having to pay for it a second time. Or you can do the following:
    Make Your Own Lion Installer
    1. After downloading Lion you must first save the Install Mac OS X Lion application. After Lion downloads DO NOT click on the Install button. Go to your Applications folder and make a copy of the Lion installer. Move the copy into your Downloads folder. Now you can click on the Install button. You must do this because the installer deletes itself automatically when it finishes installing Lion.
    2. Get a USB flash drive that is at least 8 GBs. Prep this flash drive as follows:
    Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
    After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area.  If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing.  SMART info will not be reported  on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
    Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
    Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
    Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
    Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.
    3. Locate the saved Lion installer in your Downloads folder. CTRL- or RIGHT-click on the installer and select Show Package Contents from the contextual menu. Double-click on the Contents folder to open it. Double-click on the SharedSupport folder. In this folder you will see a disc image named InstallESD.dmg.
    4. Plug in your freshly prepared USB flash drive. You are going to clone the InstallESD.dmg disc image to the flash drive as follows:
    Open Disk Utility.
    Select the USB flash drive from the left side list.
    Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
    Check the box labeled Erase destination.
    Select the USB flash drive volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
    Drag the InstallESD.dmg disc image file into the Source entry field.
    Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
    When the clone is completed you have a fully bootable Lion installer that  you can use without having to re-download Lion.

  • Can't unistall itunes and bonjour

    When I try to unistall itunes and bonjour I get an error saying it can't find it. But I can't open itunes or update to newer itunes because older version of bonjour can't be unistalled. It on my computer, I just don't know where its located on my hard drive to unistall it.

    (1) Download the Windows Installer CleanUp utility installer file (msicuu2.exe) from the following Major Geeks page (use one of the links under the "DOWNLOAD LOCATIONS" thingy on the Major Geeks page):
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  • I have 10.6.8, can I skip Lion and go straight to Mountain Lion?

    I'm confused because what I read says i can upgrade for $19.99 but isn't Mountain Lion brand new? It's usually way more expensive for a new OS. I did research this on my own but I'm a little confused by what I read.
    I bought my imac around '08.
    I am so behind so sorry for the stupid questions but I also want to know if apple still sells the os disks or is everything digital download now? I really like having the disk. I just haven't had any problems with my iMac so I haven't been to this board in a long time so I'm kind of behind on everything.

    Snow Leopard, Lion and Mountain Lion were all released at $19.99
    Yes you can skip Lion and go to Mountain Lion providing your Mac meets the spec's.
    see > Apple - OS X Mountain Lion - Read the technical specifications.
    Althought 2 GB of RAM is the Minimun Requirement, you will be much happier with 4GB or whatever the maximum RAM your iMac can take.
    see > iMac: How to remove or install memory
    For recomended RAM suppliers, go to either Crucial or OWC (eshop.macsales)

  • If I have a MacBook Pro with Leopard on it. How do I get Snow Leopard so I can upgrade to Lion and Mountain Lion?

    I cannot find Snow Leopard to buy so I can upgrade eventually to Mountain Lion on my MacBook Pro with Leopard on it.

    Glad to help.
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    Many have decided to go back from ML (not questioning their decision, just saying they do), and with no solid image of what they had, they have a long road of re-construction ahead.

  • I have accidentally installed the Nectar toolbar as my default tool bar. How can I reverse this and revert to the Firefox toolbar as my default toolbar

    I have installed a toolbar which has been customized for Nectar.com. I do not like this arrangement and want to revert to the usual Firefox toolbar. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling and this has not worked.

    Sorry, I'm baffled. If you install an add-on, and let Firefox restart, and the add-on is not there, that could indicate a problem with your Firefox profile. You might want to try creating a new profile, import your bookmarks, and install the add-ons again.
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    You can create a new (blank) profile using the Profile Manager: [http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles Managing profiles].
    To move key settings like bookmarks from your current profile to the new profile, see: [https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Recovering+important+data+from+an+old+profile Recovering important data from an old profile].
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