How do i downgrade to Mountain Lion

I upgraded to OSX Maverick but did not like it at all. please tell me how to downgrade to Mountain Lion.

http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14176

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  • I've,just,bought,a,new,Mac,with,mavericks,,but,I,don't,like,mavericks,,how,may,I ,downgrade,to,Mountain,Lion,10.8.5?

    I've just bought a brand new iMac with OS X Mavericks but I dont like Mavericks and it also has problems with some apps I use, how may I downgrade to Mountain Lion 10.8.5?

    You can't.
    You cannot install or run an OS X version lower than what is, originally, installed on your Mac.
    Your only option maybe to purchase a download code for OS X Mountain Lion here,
    http://store.apple.com/us/product/D6377Z/A/os-x-mountain-lion
    Purchase a high quality USB 3.0 or Thunderbolt hard drive, formatted as an OS X exetnded (journaled) drive with a GUID partition scheme and install OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion to the external drive and boot and run your new iMac from this external drive.
    This is the only optioh to run an older OS X version on a new Mac.
    I have a 2009 iMac that the lowest OS X version I can run from the iMac's internal hard drive is OS X 10.6.1.
    I have an external drive with OS X 10.5.8 and can get my iMac to boot and run this older OS X version from the ex eternal hard drive.
    Here is a good source for quality external hard drives.
    http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Lacie/9000353/
    http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Lacie/9000303/
    Your only other option is to return your new iMac within 14 days for a full refund and look for older iMac, either new or used that came with OS X Mountain Lion as its original, preinstalled OS X version.
    Good Luck!

  • Downgrade to mountain lion

    how do i downgrade to mountain lion from mavericks?

    Revert to a Previous OS X
    Revert to former OS from Mavericks

  • I do update at Maverick, I want to do downgrade at Mountain Lion. How can I do that?

    Hi I have a problem! I have a MBP 15 mid 2013, i7, 2.6 GHz and I do update at Maverick, I want to do downgrade at Mountain Lion because i think my mbp moves more slowly. How can I do that?

    Not that easily. There is a very helpful user tip by ds store to assist you if you wish to do so:
    How to revert OS X back from Mavericks

  • Thinking of upgrading to Yosemite -  but want to be able to downgrade to mountain lion - How?

    Thinking of upgrading to Yosemite -  but want to be able to downgrade to mountain lion - How?
    Hi all.
    I am wondering if I upgrade to Yosemite is there a way that I will be able to downgrade / revert back to mountain lion if I find out that too many of my most essential applications  are no longer working?
    I have read there have been compatibility issues  between some of my most necessary / favourite applications I use in mountain lion and Mavericks,  which is why I never upgraded to Mavericks.
    However , I am noticing in the app store there are a lot of apps I am interested in which I no longer able to purchase / download because they require Yosemite, and mountain lion is out-dated.
    However, if I upgrade my OS, I am afraid of incompatibility with the most important apps in my workflow though.
    Thanks.

    Hi Arthur thank you very much for your response.
    Sorry for my late reply.
    My following question is summed up in the last sentence of this post.
    [is only one time machine backup possible per external backup hard drive? Or can I make separate Time Machine backups for separate purposes?]
    I went ahead and installed Yosemite.
    There are some things I like about Yosemite and I might trial it for a little bit longer,
    but after a couple of days of trials and trying out, I've decided that I think I generally prefer mountain lion better,
    and I will reinstall it , and get a disk image of Yosemite and run that as a Virtual Machine when I need it.
    [^ This is what I should have done in the first place.]
    Before I installed Yosemite I [stupidly] used Time machine to back up only my application folders / application support / general system files,
    [I used system preferences to exclude everything else in the TM backup] so that I would not have to reinstall my applications / essential system structures.
    I did not back up the rest of my files and folders / whole machine though.
    I should have done this.
    I just didn't want to wait for about 800 gb of data to transfer [impatient].
    [in retrospect I should have run Yosemite through a virtual machine within Mountain Lion to see if I liked it before installing it completely].
    With Yosemite installed would I be able to make a SEPARATE time machine backup of all my files / documents / media folders in Time Machine on Yosemite, and use this to re-install these on Mountain lion if I downgrade ?
    Or is only one time machine backup possible per external backup hard drive ?
    Thanks.

  • HT2357 So how does this work on Mountain Lion? I cannot seem to ignore the iTunes 11 updates, which now seem to appear every 5 minutes!!

    So how does this work on Mountain Lion? I cannot seem to ignore the iTunes 11 updates, which now seem to appear every 5 minutes!!

    Fantastic!  Didn't work at first so restarted App store and tried again.  This time it asked 'ignore update'.  All gone!

  • I have a pre-2008 Mac PRO how do I upgrade to Mountain Lion?

    I have a pre-2008 Mac PRO how do I upgrade to Mountain Lion? On the Apple's site on upgrading (http://www.apple.com/osx/how-to-upgrade/), I see that "Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)" is required for the upgrade. What's up with that?
    Will upgrading of the GPU do the trick?
    I'm curretly on Snow Leopard, will I be limited to Lion?
    Kamal
    my system info:
    Hardware Overview:
      Model Name:          Mac Pro
      Model Identifier:          MacPro1,1
      Processor Name:          Dual-Core Intel Xeon
      Processor Speed:          2.66 GHz
      Number Of Processors:          2
      Total Number Of Cores:          4
      L2 Cache (per processor):          4 MB
      Memory:          13 GB
      Bus Speed:          1.33 GHz
      Boot ROM Version:          MP11.005C.B08
      SMC Version (system):          1.7f10
      Serial Number (system): xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
      Hardware UUID:          00000000-0000-1000-8000-00xxxxxxxx
    ATI Radeon X1900 XT:
      Chipset Model:          ATY,RadeonX1900
      Type:          GPU
      Bus:          PCIe
      Slot:          Slot-1
      PCIe Lane Width:          x16
      VRAM (Total):          512 MB
      Vendor:          ATI (0x1002)
      Device ID:          0x7249
      Revision ID:          0x0000
      ROM Revision:          113-A52027-140
      EFI Driver Version:          01.00.140

    I have the following Mac Pro which I have upgraded the GPU to an ATI Radeon HD 5770:
    Hardware Overview:
      Model Name:          Mac Pro
      Model Identifier:          MacPro1,1
      Processor Name:          Dual-Core Intel Xeon
      Processor Speed:          3 GHz
      Number of Processors:          2
      Total Number of Cores:          4
      L2 Cache (per Processor):          4 MB
      Memory:          8 GB
      Bus Speed:          1.33 GHz
      Boot ROM Version:          MP11.005C.B08
      SMC Version (system):          1.7f10
      Serial Number (system):          G86334VTUPZ
      Hardware UUID:          00000000-0000-1000-8000-0017F20153D2
    Mountain Lion won't install.
    Will this change or do I need to further upgrade the GPU.
    Thanks In Advance!
    --Dave K.

  • On OSX Lion i used to drag the window to the top of the screen and get maximise, and drag the window right or left to show the both beside each other just like windows 7, How to do it on Mountain lion ?

    On OSX Lion i used to drag the window to the top of the screen and get it maximise, and drag the window right or left to show the both beside each other just like windows 7, How to do it on Mountain lion ?

    That has never been a feature of Mac OS X, but I believe there was some kind of third-party software that could add that capability.  i don't recall what its name is, but you must have had that installed, and it either isn't installed anymore (perhaps removed as incompatible?) or is not working properly in Mountain Lion.

  • How do I re-install Mountain Lion on a new hard drive (replacement)?

    I have an older iMac 24" (2007) that has been up-graded to Mountain lion.  I want to replace my hard drive with a bigger one (has 500Gb).  How can I re-install Mountain Lion on my new drive?  I have Time Machine on this machine.

    Install 10.6 and 10.8 onto the new drive exactly how you did it on the old drive, except that you won't need to pay to redownload 10.8. Alternatively, if you kept a copy of the 10.8 installer, you can just rerun it.
    (72891)

  • Is there any way to get back my data if I had not restored it from time machine before reinstalling Mac OS X on my comp from utility. PS - My OS version has downgraded from Mountain Lion to Mac OS X 10.75  . Pls. help

    Is there any way to get back my data if I had not restored it from time machine before reinstalling Mac OS X on my comp from utility. PS - My OS version has downgraded from Mountain Lion to Mac OS X 10.75  . Pls. help

    Look at the blue box on this link:
    http://pondini.org/TM/19.html
    Ciao.

  • I have downloaded mountain lion from the app store on another computer.  I have then gone to find it in "purchases" in the app store on my own macbook pro and it just comes up as "you have not purchased any apps" how to I get my mountain lion?

    I have downloaded mountain lion from the app store on another computer.  I have then gone to find it in "purchases" in the app store on my own macbook pro and it just comes up as "you have not purchased any apps" how to I get my mountain lion?

    Mac App Store: Hiding and unhiding purchases
              http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4928

  • I recently downgraded from Mountain Lion back to Snow Leopard and I forgot to export my bookmarks.

    Unfortunately downgrading from Mountain Lion back to Snow Leopard means I need to wipe the hard drive and install everything from scratch. That takes hours, and I've already done the bulk of the work, twice actually since I forgot to back up my photos in Iphoto and had to start over from my Time Machine backup of Mountain Lion.
    Anyhow, I am curious as to whether or not there is a way to retrieve my bookmarks from the Time Machine backup and get them onto my downgraded OS, or will I have to start all over again, restore my system to Mountain Lion and go through the hours it takes to get back to Snow Leopard.

    You're missing the point. If you didn't make the /username/Library/ folder visible, then it's hidden on the TM backup. Getting to ii is beyond my ken. However,  Pondini's TM FAQs might have info on that madness.

  • How to go back to Mountain lion os x 10.8 again from mavericks.?

    How to go back to Mountain lion os x 10.8 again from mavericks.?

    You can reinstall your system from a backup (Time Machine or "clone") or erase it completely and reinstall Mountain Lion.
    OS X Mountain Lion: Erase and reinstall OS X
    If your Mac shipped with Mountain Lion already installed, you can reinstall it. Otherwise, you can only reinstall Mountain Lion if you purchased it from the App Store.
    You may be better off describing the problems you're experiencing, so that they can be fixed. The vast majority of Mavericks complaints are due to outdated or poorly written software or similarly incompatible system modifications, and some simple troubleshooting may reveal the cause.

  • How to add birthday on Mountain Lion?

    Can anyone tell me how to add birthday on Mountain Lion? in contacts there is no such field.

    With Contacts open, go to Preferences - Template, and open the Add Field dropdown menu.  Select Birthday. 
    If you also want to add Anniversary information, select Dates in the drop-down menu. It appears that a new date field is defined automatically as Anniversary - but if it isn't on your machine, it's easy enough to change.

  • How do I redeem my mountain lion software which I just purchased and received password onto my mac?

    How do I redeem my mountain lion software which I just purchased and received password onto my mac?

    Go to the App Store and at the top right under Quick Links is where you enter your redemption code.

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