Had upgraded to lion. Many software wouldn't work and downgraded back to snow leopard.  Now it comes up c user name and password. I haven't used my password since I bought the computer years ago. I put it in but won't work. More than 8 letters, does thaMA

I upgraded to lion and many software didn't work. Downgraded back to snow leopard and now my initial login page
Is asking for my password. I put it in, but it's not working. Possible I have forgotten the correct one considering in think the last time I logged
In was when I bought the computer. But I think it's right. I did read something about if ur password was 8 characters or more it won't work? Anyone know? Or know how I can reset my password?

Try this http://osxdeveloper.wordpress.com/2011/07/27/reset-10-5-leopard-10-6-snow-leopar d-password/
Allan

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    sign into the app store with the apple id used to purchase lion.  click on the "purchases" tab while holding the "option key".  Click the dark grey "download" button next to Lion.

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    Can I use time machine to restart the machine before the fateful day when I bought and installed Lion?
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  • My Mac is a OSX 10.5.8 and i want to upgrade to Lion v10.7.2  Do I have to also get Snow Leopard?  Can the be purchased together?

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    Yes you have to purchase Snow Leopard first. Once you have it installed then update it to 10.6.8 using the 10.6.8 Update Combo. Once you have updated and thorougly tested your system then purchase the Lion upgrade from the Mac App Store and follow the on-screen prompts.
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  • Is there anyway I can get rid of Lion and get back to Snow Leopard?

    Is there anyway I can get rid of Lion and get back to Snow Leopard?

    Back to Snow Leopard from Lion install method
    Read and print out these instructions, your computer is going to be offline and you wil be cutoff from help until your machine is restored.
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    Backup ALL your Users folders (Documents, Pictures, Movies, Music etc) manually (drag and drop methods) to a (not TimeMachine) external powered drive (HFS+ journaled formatted in Disk Utility) and disconnect, your going to be wiping the entire boot disk of ALL DATA.
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    Look at the Utilities Menu for Disk Utility.
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    A lot of people use a Carbon Copy Clone of their boot drive to a new HFS+Journaled external drive (used only for this purpose) as a "hold the option key" bootable backup in case something goes wrong with their boot drive or need to restore to a previous OS X version..  (in addition to TimeMachine drive for more immediate backups.)
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  • How do I disable Lion and go back to snow leopard

    I up graded to Lion. Now my wireless router can't connect because it doesn't support Lion. I don't want to have to buy a new router.
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    It would help if you gave some information on WHY the router isn't working. Start with the basics:
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  • How do I remove Lion and go back to Snow Leopard OS?

    How do I remove Lion and go back to Snow Leopard?

    If you have the white upgrade disk (originally, you had Leopard and bought SL later), easy. I'm not sure if you have the grey disks (you bought the machine with SL).
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    Start copying over all your apps and files manually by dragging them from the internal disk Apps and Folders to the external disk Apps and Folders. If you have Time Machine, you can also copy your files by navigating to Time Machine through the Finder rather than trying to use the Time machine interface.
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  • How do i downgrade back to snow leopard from Lion?

    Having installed Lion on my MBP I have realised there are too many incompatibilities for me to work effectively at present.
    How do I downgrade back to Snow Leopard without losing data?
    I have a full TimeMachine backup and OS X disc that came with the machine. I am concerned that email data has been converted.
    When will we see Lion work with all MS Office Apps, AutoCAD and SL Server?
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    https://discussions.apple.com/message/15706096#15706096

  • How do I remove Lion and go back to Snow Leopard?

    I spent half a day downloading and installing Lion today.
    All my Microsoft Office applications are now unusable.  This is unacceptable!!!  It is more important to be functional with my apps than to have a fancy new OS that doesn't allow me to work!!!
    So, please, how do I uninstall/remove and go back to Snow Leopard?

    MacIntouch Lion comments:
    The Office for Mac team recently posted a blog post concerning Lion compatibility. You can find that blog post by following the link below:
    http://blog.officeformac.com/office-for-mac-2011-and-mac-os-x-10-7-lion/
    You can find more information concerning Lion (10.7) compatibility on the following KB article:
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2586538
    http://www.macintouch.com/readerreports/lion/index.html#d23jul2011

  • Seems like everyday I find another program that worked on SnowLeopard, but now doesn't work on Lion.  Can I easily downgrade back to Snow Leopard?

    Since I installed Lion, I keep finding programs that won't run, but which ran fine on Snow Leopard.  (Apple even eliminated MacSolitare.) How can I downgrade back to Snow Leopard?  Do I have to erase my HD and start all over?
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    Dorsey Hudson wrote:
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    No they didn't, since it's not part of the OS.
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    Yes.
    But do those backups just contain files?  Will I have to also reinstall every application that I have been using?
    If you have a pre-Lion backup, simply restore that backup.

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    I upgraded my 2008 MBPro from 10.5.11 to 10.6.8 Snow Leopard, now iMovie crashes every time I try to insert a title into a sequence. Anyone else having issues?

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    I have a Sonos music system that is not yet compatible with Lion and will not be for several weeks.  How do I uninstall Lion and go back to Snow Leopard?

    While we all have MacBooks only a few have Lion. There's a Lion Support Community. You should also post this question there. https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os/mac_os_x_v10.7_lion

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