Downgrading to Leopard?

I never had a problem with my MacBook's wireless connection until I upgraded to Snow Leopard. Has anyone had any success downgrading back to Leopard? This is my next step in what I hope will make my MacBook usable again! Thanks for any input

There is no way to "downgrade". You would need to do a fresh install from your restore media that came with your MacBook.

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    I downgraded to Leopard successfully, everything at this point OS wise is working. However, when I go into mail it is asking me to set up a new account. I can see all the info in the mail folder. Same thing goes with Safari. All the bookmarks and everything are in the Library folder, but they will not show up in when loading Safari. It seems as if the files are all there, but the older versions cannot read the data and thinks it is not there. Didn't SL convert the data the first time it was run? Is there a conversion program to take it back to the 10.5.8 version?
    Thanks.

    1. How exactly did you downgrade to Leopard?
    2. Do you have a backup of your data made before you upgraded to Snow Leopard?
    Snow Leopard does convert some data files to a format incompatible with Leopard & Apple does not provide a way to convert it back. This is no problem if you have a backup of the files in their former state (especially a clone of the drive or a Time Machine or similar backup), otherwise it is difficult to impossible, depending on the data type.

  • Downgrade to Leopard on new mac mini

    I just got my new mac mini two weeks ago, and I've had enough of Snow Leopard, it's cack! Is it possible to downgrade to Leopard on the new system? it had SL pre-installed. I've put a Leopard retail disc in, but nothing is happening, it' been over an hour or so.

    It is possible, I have done it on multiple occasions.
    First, back up your files. Anything you want to keep. Then, insert your leopard install CD and shut down the computer. Boot the computer while holding "C". It should boot either into an installer program, or into OSX. Follow the instructions that pertain to your situation.
    INSTALLER PROGRAM:
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    OSX:
    Go to /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility and open the application.
    Select your hard drive in the sidebar. Be sure to select something like "180gb WDC...", not "Macintosh HD". Then, go to the "Erase tab. Set the format to "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)", and the name to "Macintosh HD". Click Erase. After you have done that, reboot and hold "C" on boot. Install Mac OSX as normal.
    This should work and you will have downgraded to leopard. I'm thinking of doing the same after some of my software stopped working.

  • Downgrading to Leopard without an install disk

    I upgraded to Blow Leopard about a week ago, and it has totally ruined my ability to play large movie files, which ***** because my MacBook is my primary media player. Now, I need to downgrade to Leopard. However, all I have is a Tiger install disk. I did not clone my hard drive, because I actually believed Apple's hype. Instead, I got a slower OS, with no new features. I was given Mac OS X Leopard legally at an Apple store, when my hard drive was replaced. What is the best way to go about downgrading? Do I have to torrent a disk image, because I'm not paying $150 to downgrade my OS?

    hiya pgp688,
    to start off, maybe something more general that could explain the issues:
    Snow Leopard is lacking certain "drivers" (and you can see that e.g. certain printer drivers are now available via software update separately). The point of Snow Leopard was to drastically reduce disk space that the OS occupies but to increase performance.
    Now, in your case, VLC player may need an update? You have definitely bought the "correct" OS 10.6? As, in order to upgrade from trusted Tigger, the single disc ($39?? £23 here in UK) is not enough, but the box set must be bought.
    Can you start your machine at all? If so, maybe you can start with a simple disk utility "repair disk permissions". (f it crashes, see a "solved" discussion HERE
    If not, that disk utility should be available if you start from Leopard 10.6 disc. The reason that 10.6 runs slower must lie in the fact that something has corrupted during the install; as OSX 10.6 is a great deal faster.
    What do your crashlogs say (console)? Have you tried starting in single user / verbose mode ?
    And also, whilst I was really excited about 10.6, I have set an empty HDD aside for testing it because not everything works with it; but it is (or should be) superfast. All the same, I expect the third party apps will take 6 months to 1 year to update their apps.
    Message was edited by: Alexandre

  • Trying to downgrade to Leopard OS - no time machine backup

    Hi,
    I am trying to downgrade to Leopard 10.5 (the boot disk when I purchased my macbook) from Snow Leopard and I am having difficulties.
    I noticed the 'Previous Systems' folder under the hard drive folder, and that is taking up all of the hard drive space. Can I reinstall my applications and preferences etc that way?

    Well.... I have found my answer...
    http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20070507084548849
    "Prepare to migrate your stuff You are now in a completely vanilla Mac OS X world. All old stuff appears to be missing, but it isn't; it is all in a top level directory called Previous Systems, probably in a subdirectory called Previous System 1. Here you'll find your old Applications folder, for example, and in the Users directory you'll find the home directories of all previous users, complete with all their data.
    *The idea now is to copy those applications and that data from their place in the Previous Systems directory into the corresponding place in the newly installed, clean system**. You may encounter permissions restrictions that prevent you from doing this easily in the Finder. If so, there are two simple solutions:"

  • Downgrade from Leopard to Tiger after Built-In Keyboard Firmware Update?

    Can I downgrade from Leopard to Tiger after having applied the Built-In Keyboard Firmware Update 1.0? This firmware update requires OS 10.5.2 or higher to be installed. Now that it is installed can I downgrade back to Tiger (10.4.11)?
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    Please help.

    Hi,
    I was just wondering how you were able to get the macbook to accept the update? I had to take mine to apple store and get entire keyboard and trackpad replaced in my macbook. They then told me to ignore the update cause they did not have any other keyboards to replace if it happened again.

  • Downgrade from Leopard to Tiger? Help please

    I just got a new iMac that came with Leopard and I'm planning to use it soley for pro tools and pro tools isn't yet compatible with Leopard so I would like to downgrade to Tiger. How can I do this? I just ordered 10.4.8 for iMac's but am not sure if it will work or how to do it. I heard 10.4.10 disks work but have no way of getting a hold of them. Does anyone know where to get these or any that would work for a new iMac. And especially how to downgrade the operating system.

    Well if you dig yourself a hole deep enough by not doing enough research, and then learn how deep you have to dig, do you quit and leave, or do you go all the way if you can afford it? The problem is Protools not following specs with software well enough to allow it to be compatible with Leopard. Maybe even ask the folks who make Protools to give you a discount on Windows because they can't write code fast enough. Or maybe now's the time to sell your Protools license and choose an alternative package like GVox Encore, or one of Apple's audio applications. There are a lot of good music software titles for the Mac if you search http://guide.apple.com/ thoroughly enough.
    These are a good lessons to learn whenever buying a new Mac, or a new operating system:
    1. Never expect to be able to downgrade a new Mac out of the box, as it has never been possible.
    2. Research the software you intend to use before buying a new machine or operating system to find out if it is compatible with that machine's minimum operating system and within your budget. If it isn't that's the time to buy used or refurbished.
    3. Buy what you need when you need it, and not before.

  • Downgrade Snow Leopard to Leopard

    Hello all,
    is it possible to downgrade mac os x 10.6.3 become 10.5?
    i have problem using snow leopard,so i want return to 10.5.
    anyone can help how to downgrade?
    thanks

    As Allan has stated, you cannot have the combination of hardware and OS that you claim to have, as Snow Leopard will not run on any G5 Mac.
    First, what system did your machine come with? If it shipped with Snow Leopard (10.6.x) pre-installed, you cannot install Leopard (10.5) on it:
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2186
    Second, if it is capable of running Leopard, what disk are you trying to boot from? If it's a gray disk for a different machine, that won't work. You must either reinstall from the gray disk that came with the machine, or you must install from a retail Leopard disk.
    Third, most people who want to downgrade, in my experience, don't actually need to. You need to spend some time trying to troubleshoot your system. As you say in your other thread, you have one machine running FMP 8 under SL without problems while it crashes on the iMac. This means it is not an issue with SL, so the only problem you've made us aware of is not a problem that requires downgrading.

  • Want to downgrade from Leopard to Tiger - what are my options?

    Hi,
    I installed Leopard on my partner's iBook G4 (1.2ghz) and its speed has reduced to a crawl. I would like to go back and re-install Tiger from its original install discs but need to retain the home folder. What are my options and am I going to come across any issues downgrading? (aside from any apps that require Leopard)
    Thanks,
    Neil

    If you had an external FireWire hard disk drive enclosure,
    of the bootable-type chipset, Mac compatible, and chose
    to clone the Leopard full installation to that external drive
    (as most externals do have or can be equipped with a
    faster spinning hard disk drive, it boots performance and
    could be used at home for desktop computing) it is very
    possible to clone the OS X and everything off the iBook
    and again try your luck with Tiger 10.4.11 in the iBook.
    If clones appear to be an option, be certain the cloned
    computer contents (a full computer clone) is made on
    a partitioned hard disk drive in proper enclosure; and
    the clone is tested prior to erasing the host computer's
    original drive contents. You can make clones and then
    there are Clones. Some can just work, but once in
    awhile, they don't. The two well known clone utilities
    are good options, and reading up on the topic helps.
    re: Carbon Copy Cloner, Bombich; and Super Duper.
    Free space may be at a premium in the small internal
    hard disk drive of the iBook; and older previous system
    folders, saved from other Archives, Updates, etc may
    have to be looked for, and trashed if they exist.
    The latest iLife 09 was not recommended in some
    hardware configurations by users and others who
    tried that version in older PPC hardware; the iTunes
    is a download, so it should work in Tiger equally well.
    The iDVD and iMovie, may have issues; iPhoto is
    OK in some older PPC G4s and not others.
    And older applications added to the installation which
    worked well under Tiger may not be happy in Leopard.
    And your mileage may vary...
    Good luck & happy computing!

  • Downgrading from Leopard to Tiger, consequences

    Because some apps don't function to well on Leopard, i need to downgrade to Tiger.
    I have my old macbook cd-roms with Tiger, can i use those cd's to install Tiger on my Mac Pro?
    Does downgrading have consequences for warrentee etc?

    i have a macbook 2 GHz intel core duo, and i managed to get a copy of leopard and upgrade. but it made my computer really slow so i want to downgrade back to tiger (i still have my disks). i've been trying to figure it out and have read about archive and install, but when i try to do that the "preserve user settings" is not avaliable to choose. i also have my disc for microsoft office and i have kept my files backed up, but i am hesitant to erase and install. recommendations?
    Erase and Install is the only safe way, but as long as you are going to the trouble, why not do the Erase and install with Snow Leopard? That should get rid of whatever was slowing Leopard. Make sure you get the latest , Snow Leopard compatible, versions of any applications you install.

  • Downgrading from Leopard to Tiger

    I would like to return to my own work and forget system bugs and fixes. So I can install Tiger but I don't know if it will accept to migrate Applications, Settings and Users from Leopard 10.5.2. Does someone know if it is possible? Or, as I suspect, it will reject the migration from an upper version...

    It sounds like to me based on your other post here:
    http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=6599472#6599472
    That your issues are not yet resolved. I would say this. Since you have a Mac Pro, just for sake of argument let's find out if you really do have a hardware issue. There is no data loss you'll get from doing this experiment. Just get the cheapest SATA hard drive you can find and install it in your Mac Pro. Format it with Disk Utility from the Leopard installer which is compatible with your Mac Pro (if your Mac Pro came out after October 26, 2007 use the original installer disc which shipped with it, otherwise use the black retail installer disc which looks like *).
    Install Leopard on the second internal hard drive, and connect only Apple keyboard and mouse, and any display you choose. See if the issues that have been problematic happen with your machine with no other software or hardware installed. If they do, you have a hardware issue, which most likely is due to the RAM installed if the hardware test that shipped with your machine is showing no errors. See my FAQ* on why this may happen even on RAM that already was working successfully:
    http://www.macmaps.com/badram.html
    Basically, once RAM starts failing, no operating system update or downgrade will work until you replace it or at bare minimum see if reseating works. If though you have no problems, see if you can follow my directions to upgrade to 10.5.2*:
    http://www.macmaps.com/upgradefaq.html
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    - * Links to my pages may give me compensation.

  • A clean install SL or Downgrade to Leopard?

    Hi,
    Since I've try out every single troubleshooting and c'ld not resolved the "no airport card installed" issue, I'ld like to try to clean install.
    S'ld I clean install "Snow Leopard" or back to "Leopard" to test/try my luck to resolve the issue above?
    Thanks for suggestion!!!

    sig,
    SL which made me facing the issue above!
    Do you mean "Erase and Install" is the only way from MBP Installer Disk in stead of just Reinstall and remaining everything?

  • Downgrade from Leopard to Tiger

    Long story short, I'm an idiot, and wasn't thinking while doing this.
    Installed Leopard, decided that it wasn't compatible with some film software I use for school, and didn't like the look and feel of it, so put in my Tiger install disks to do what I thought was a simple reinstall. Guess not.
    BUT!...
    I still have all my applications listed under "apps", but I'm in a new profile that Tiger install made me set up. I can't connect to the internet for some reason (with our protected network, even though I know the key). And I have a "Previous Systems" folder on my Mac HD drive, that has all my old stuff, including my old profile, with all my old files (music/movies/photos/etc).
    My question, how do I get that back to being my current profile? And is Leopard still installed on my drive? I think it might still be because I lost 15GB space somewhere....
    Thanks, and yes, I know I'm an idiot.

    caravot wrote:
    Long story short, I'm an idiot, and wasn't thinking while doing this.
    Installed Leopard, decided that it wasn't compatible with some film software I use for school, and didn't like the look and feel of it, so put in my Tiger install disks to do what I thought was a simple reinstall. Guess not.
    BUT!...
    I still have all my applications listed under "apps", but I'm in a new profile that Tiger install made me set up. I can't connect to the internet for some reason (with our protected network, even though I know the key). And I have a "Previous Systems" folder on my Mac HD drive, that has all my old stuff, including my old profile, with all my old files (music/movies/photos/etc).
    You probably did an Archive and Install and the Previous System Folder has you Leopard stuff.
    It could be that if you installed Leopard over Tiger as an Archive and Install, that the Previous System folder contains your old Tiger stuff and maybe your recent Leopard stuff.
    My question, how do I get that back to being my current profile? And is Leopard still installed on my drive? I think it might still be because I lost 15GB space somewhere....
    You need to run the disk utility and repair the disk, if necessary and repair permissions.
    That's a starter. You still may have other issues because the Tiger accounts are probably different from those of the Leopard system.

  • MacBook downgrade from Leopard to Tiger.

    I purchased a MacBook this month with Leopard installed. Leopard was causing some problems so I cloned it from another MacBook running Tiger 10.4.11. Since then the MacBook freezes when it sleeps. I have to press the power button to restart. When it does sleep only the hard drive sleeps the display remains lit.iMovie askd for aquartz Extrems and tells me I do not have a proper graphics card. It works fine in Leopard. There is only one display resolution - 1280 x 800. Should the MacBook be able to run properly in Tiger. Any suggestions will be well appreciated.

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  • HT2356 Mac OS X Panther (downgrade from Leopard)

    Hello,
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