How do i change back to Mavericks after i have upgraded to Yosemite

i have recently downloaded the new Yosemite OS but it has slowed down my mac considerably. is there any way in which i can go back to my previous OS Maverick.

DonDDS wrote:
I did not receive any disks with my Mac.  I do have backup via time machine back to 2008 but am not familiar in its use.
If you purchased it new, it came with disks; if you purchased it used, the disks should have been included per the licensing agreement. In any case, it appears yours came with leopard (10.5); not sure if this would work:
buy the Snow Leopard retail disk from Apple:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard
Insert the disk, erase your drive, reinstall the OS and update that to the latest (10.6.8), and if you had Mavericks installed previously, it should then show up in your Purchases.
The problem is that you cannot go backwards without erasing your drive first.

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