Downgrading to Mavericks

I just made the mistake of upgrading my Macbook Air from Mavericks to Yosemite. I'm regretting it since I'm not liking any aspect of the new look & feel. I'm desperate to downgrade to Mavericks. Could Apple Tech support please help me ?

Two things, first you are not talking to Apple here, only to other users like yourself. If you want Apple Tech Support you will need to contact them.
Second in order to roll back to Mavericks you will need to resort from your last Mavericks backup, the one done before the upgrade to Yosemite.  There is no other way to go go back to an earlier OS version.
regards

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    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14176
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    posso fare un downgrade da mavericks 10.9.1 a snow leopard senza perdere i dati? se si come posso farlo?

    Sì ma prima di tentarlo ti consiglierei di clonare il tuo disco fisso ad un disco esterno.
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    Partition and Format the hard drive:
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        Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
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        [loaded]    com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist 3rd-Party support link
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        iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
        NP_2020Player_IKEA: Version: 5.0.93.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
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        JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Outdated! Update
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        AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9
        AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9
        iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
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        DivX  3rd-Party support link
        Flash Player  3rd-Party support link
        Flip4Mac WMV  3rd-Party support link
        Perian  3rd-Party support link
        SMART Board  3rd-Party support link
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            /Applications/SMART Technologies/SMART Tools/SMART Product Update.app
        activationwizard:    Version: 3.0.118.0 - SDK 10.5
            /Library/Application Support/SMART Technologies/activationwizard.app
        LIMBO:    Version: 1.1.0 - SDK 10.0 3rd-Party support link
        Amazon MP3 Downloader:    Version: INFO_PLIST_VERSION - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
        MathType:    Version: 6.7e 12112800 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
            /Applications/MathType 6/MathType.app
    Time Machine:
        Auto backup: YES
        Volumes being backed up:
            Macintosh HD: Disk size: 232.09 GB Disk used: 94.59 GB
        Destinations:
            harddrive n.hahn [Local] (Last used)
            Total size: 931.39 GB
            Total number of backups: 7
            Oldest backup: 2013-10-28 17:02:36 +0000
            Last backup: 2014-01-21 20:48:05 +0000
            Size of backup disk: Excellent
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        All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
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             4%    WindowServer
             2%    hidd
             1%    EtreCheck
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        61 MB    Dropbox
        53 MB    mds_stores
        53 MB    mds
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        55 MB    Free RAM
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        601 MB    Inactive RAM
        327 MB    Wired RAM
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