I want to go back to Snow Leopard 10.6 from Lion. Quicken 2007 is not compatible with Lion.

I want to go back to Snow Leopard 10.6 from Lion 10.7.2. Quicken 2007 is not compatible with Lion and I don't like Quicken Essentials 2012.

Downgrade Lion to Snow Leopard
1. Boot from your Snow Leopard Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Quit DU and return to the installer. Install Snow Leopard.
This will erase the whole drive so be sure to backup your files if you don't have a backup already. If you have performed a TM backup using Lion be aware that you cannot restore from that backup in Snow Leopard (see below.) I suggest you make a separate backup using Carbon Copy Cloner 3.4.1.
If you have Snow Leopard Time Machine backups, do a full system restore per #14 in Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions. If you have subsequent backups from Lion, you can restore newer items selectively, via the "Star Wars" display, per #15 there, but be careful; some Snow Leopard apps may not work with the Lion files.

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I want to go back to Snow Leopard but I get "you have to install mac osx.app 23.1.1

I have a new 21.5 iMac I just purchased July 9 so I was able to download Lion for free under the up-to-date program. After installing Lion I decided I wanted to go back to Snow Leopard for various reasons. When I restart with the original Snow Leopard DVD that came with my machine and holding the C key down, I get the window for Mac OS X install DVD. I click the icon to install SL and another window pops up stating "You can't use this version of the application. Install Mac OSX.app with this version of Mac OSX. You have to install Mac OSX.app 23.1.1" To answer the question before hand....I don't have a time machine backup.

Thanks for all your help guys. I had trouble with my first install of Lion, it seemed buggy and when I tried some of the suggestions you offered, my machine did not always react the way it should have. I thought that was weird because it's a new iMac, only three weeks old. Pondini pointed me in the right direction and I think Lion is stable now. This worked after a few tries, not sure why I wasn't getting consistent results but it worked eventually.
1. Shut the computer down.
2. Hold "command" and "R" and turn on the computer (I believe this is recovery HD from the internet because it wasn't working from my hard drive)
3. After a few unsuccessful tries, and repeating #1 and #2, I finally got a window to reinstall Lion. This took about an hour to download and after that things went as expected.
As long as Lion is more stable than it was on my first install, which it seems to be now, I'll just stay with it. After this experience, I would say "make sure you need the features in Lion, and that all your current programs are compatible with Lion before you forge ahead."
Thanks again

Help.. i want to go back to snow leopard from lion

if I reinstall snow leopard and restore my latest backup from my time capsule will it leave snow leopard or will it restore lion? I don’t like how lion has slowed down my system so i want to go back to snow leopard and restore my latest files. here's what i got:
Hardware Overview:
Model Name:          MacBook Pro
Model Identifier:          MacBookPro8,1
Processor Name:          Intel Core i5
Processor Speed:          2.3 GHz
Number of Processors:          1
Total Number of Cores:          2
L2 Cache (per Core):          256 KB
L3 Cache:          3 MB
Memory:          4 GB
Boot ROM Version:          MBP81.0047.B0E

Downgrade Lion to Snow Leopard
1. Boot from your Snow Leopard Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Quit DU and return to the installer. Install Snow Leopard.
This will erase the whole drive so be sure to backup your files if you don't have a backup already. If you have performed a TM backup using Lion be aware that you cannot restore from that backup in Snow Leopard (see below.) I suggest you make a separate backup using Carbon Copy Cloner 3.4.1.
If you have Snow Leopard Time Machine backups, do a full system restore per #14 in Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions. If you have subsequent backups from Lion, you can restore newer items selectively, via the "Star Wars" display, per #15 there, but be careful; some Snow Leopard apps may not work with the Lion files.

I can't install Mac OS X Lion, I want to go back to Snow Leopard

The problem is I am stuck in the OS X Lion Install window but when I try to install it, it asks for my Apple ID, I give it but It says I haven't bought Lion. So I gave up and decided to just go back to Snow Leopard, how do I do that?

Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
Have you purchased OS X Lion? If so, check that it's not hidden in your Apple ID, so unhide it > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4928?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US Finally, you will be able to reinstall Lion.
If you want to go back to Snow Leopard, your Mac should have come with DVDs or a USB drive. If your computer came with a USB drive, just insert the USB drive, hold the Option (Alt) key while your computer is starting, choose the USB drive and reinstall Snow Leopard. You may have to erase the hard drive before installing it.
If your Mac came with DVDs, you need an external optical drive or another PC or Mac to use Remote Install Mac OS X

I have a late 2009 iMac. I installed OSX 10.8.4 and want to go back to Snow Leopard. I have a 1.5TB external HD. Are there any issues I need to know about or tips I need to know before doing this? Thanks.

I have a late 2009 iMac. I installed OSX 10.8.4 and want to go back to Snow Leopard. I have a 3TB external HD. Are there any issues I need to know about or tips I need to know before doing this? Thanks.

Downgrade Lion/Mountain Lion to Snow Leopard
1. Boot from your Snow Leopard Installer Disc. After the installer
      loads select your language and click on the Continue
      button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the
      Utilities menu.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the
      mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status
      of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then
      the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART
      info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on
      the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions
      from the drop down menu to one. Set the format type to Mac OS
      Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the
      partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Click on
      the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Quit DU and return to the installer. Install Snow Leopard.
This will erase the whole drive so be sure to backup your files if you don't have a backup already. If you have performed a TM backup using Lion be aware that you cannot restore from that backup in Snow Leopard (see below.) I suggest you make a separate backup using Carbon Copy Cloner.
If you have Snow Leopard Time Machine backups made while on Snow Leopard, then you may do a full system restore per #14 in Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions. If you have subsequent backups from Lion, you can restore newer items selectively, via the "Star Wars" display, per #15 there, but be careful; some Snow Leopard apps may not work with the Lion/Mountain Lion files.

I'm having to many problems with Lion freezing up and want to go back to Snow Leopard,how can I do this?

I'm having to many problems with Lion freezing up and want to go back to Snow Leopard,how can I do this?

How to revert your Mac to Snow Leopard

I just upgraded to Lion and want to go back to Snow Leopard ..I have time machine..is there a way?

I just upgraded to Lion and Quicken will not work and not sure if I want to go back to Snow Leopard. I have a timemachine and would like to know if someone could help to either get quicken working or how I can get back to snow leopard?

Did you check the Quicken website before upgrading your Mac? It specifically says that Quicken will not work on Lion.
http://quicken.intuit.com/support/help/install--register--and-convert/quicken-fo r-mac-compatibility-with-mac-osx-10-7-lion/GEN83208.html
Just reinstall Snow Leopard. Should work fine. You can downgrade to previous software as long as the Mac supports the earlier version. If it previously had Snow Leopard, then re-installing is fine.
However!!! If you have a newer computer that was "born with" Lion, you cannot downgrade, as the firmware will not be compatible.
Good Luck!

I tried to update my iPhone4's, but get the following error message: iTunes could not back up the iphone "iPhoneName" because the backup was corrupt or not compatible with the iphone. Delete the backup for this iphone, then try again.

I tried to update my iPhone4's, but get the following error message: iTunes could not back up the iphone "iPhoneName" because the backup was corrupt or not compatible with the iphone. Delete the backup for this iphone, then try again.

The solution will be found here, select your computer type and software.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2529

Want to go back to snow leopard

Anyone know if/how one can go back to Snow Leopard from Lion?

Have a look here:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3351

Itune could not back up "... iPhone", because the backup was corrupt or not compatible with the iphone

Hi, guys. For some days, when i try to sync my iPhone, the itune show me this command prompt "itune could not back up "..... iPhone", because the backup was corrupt or not compatible with the iphone". I don't know why this msg is showing. If anyody know any solution please help me. I am very worried.

Hi!
I´ve tried everything listed in http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2529 but with no luck.
I can use the backup from my old iPhone4 but my most recent one from the 5S itself, before the ios update, always reports the same error.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!

If I want to restore back to snow leopard

I've had it with Lion. I want to restore Leopard. I have never use the backup utilities in Leopard, but I have backed up what I need to manually to another drive. What I want to ask about is app store purchases and itunes purchases and bookmarks. After I do a full restore of Leopard, basically back to "new out of the box" iMac, I have a few questions:
1. Do I need to use the same user account when first time signing onto my iMac?
2. After all the updates are applied for Leopard, can I simple sign back into the "iMac app store" and see all my old purchases and simply reinstall them?
3. iTunes... I keep all my media files on an external USB hard drive for iTunes. Can I simply sign into iTunes with my account and "change back" the iTunes default media location in prefferences back to that external location, and have iTunes find and re apply everything just as it was before?
4. I was told there is a file "Bookmarks.plist" that I can first backup, then after the full restore back to Leopard, I can simply copy back that Bookmarks.plist file and get all my bookmarks back? I know you can do an bookmarks export from safari, but I was told backing up your Bookmarks.plist files does the same thing, only slicker and better?
5. My iCal is synced to my iPhone. Would my iPhone sync back all the events to the iCal? Can I use the iPhone to sync back info to the system?
Or do I need to first backup the iCal data somehow, also?
6. Stickies... I believe I can backup the stickeis database file, then restore it and all my stickies notes will be intacked?
7. Im also wondering about 3rd party software i've purchased, if that can be reinstalled and would the original activation or register codes or keys still work?
The same with "MS OFFICE for the iMac" and "PARALLELS", would their ownership register codes work as if I were simply reinstalling the program back onto the same old machine? Or would these 3rd party programs purchased with register codes think I was trying to install on a completely different system? Thus the original codes might not accept?
So thats my only real concerns...
Using the same user info when starting up my fully restored system for the first time?
Reinstalling already purchases iMac app-store items?
Re-installing 3rd party purchased software that will ask for the original activation or register code. WIll they still work?

See Kappy's going back to SL from Lion guide.

Ready to install Snow Leopard 10.6.3 version. Will it be compatible with Adobe Photoshop CS 8 version? Should I install Rosetta?

Hello,
I have the Snow Leopard 10.6.3 disc and want to install onto my Mac OSX Tiger. But before doing install, really would like some information as to whether I will be able to still use my older Adobe Photoshop CS on SL. I have read a few discussions here, and noticed someone suggesting to install Rosetta. Will this be necessary?
Help appreciative.

Well, the install or rather no install was a disaster!
Going the Over Tiger without erase/install resulted in a nightmare scenario. When I put the Snow Leopard 10.6.3 disc in, it started and began installation up to about three minutes and than stopped... The Installer Failed. Mac OS X could not be installed on your computer... click restart to restart your computer and try installing again.
When I clicked restart, it tried to reinstall but I wanted to just return to my tiger disc. Somehow something happened that caused the computer to suddenly just shut down and left my Snow Leopard disc in my drive. So, looking at a black screen, I attempted to restart but it kept shutting down never going beyond the white screen. Then I tried to remove the disc, but nothing happened until I figured out to hold down the eject key while pressing the power button on the back and than releasing. Anyway, the disc ejected. So than I had to reinstall my actual startup discs, do a disk utility and sure enough I had a hard drive error.
Anyway, after two hours of reinstalling my Tiger operating system 10.4 I'm now looking at a very clean system. Now not sure what to do next regarding attempt with Snow Leopard.
I noticed that once I did some software updates what was 232 free space is now down to 216.75 GB. Is this enough free space to install SL?
Really feeling defeated. Scared about trying another attempt. Have my external still unplugged plus printer stuff.
If I start again, what exactly should I do to prevent another disaster. When I install SL should I do another disk utility to check for any errors on the SL disc?

Wahhh! I want to go back to Snow Leopard!

New features don't work on my MacBook. I can't get ride of the new calender event function and it defaults to one event. I need the old calender which I use to run my appointments. Lion is a threat to my business. How do I get my old operating system back?

Restore from the backups you made before upgrading.

How do I roll back to Snow Leopard 10.6 from os X lion?

I need to roll back to 10.6.
Scrolling up/down is opposite of what it used to be, at least in mail.
4 fingers in Leopard would move to previous or next email now 4 or even 3 fingers just changes size of window and shows other windows.
VMWare fusion doesn't work under Lion so I can't get to my Windows apps.
The screen in iSilo doesn't scroll properly.
My slideshow maker "FotoMagico" doesn't work at all.
I really need to get back to 10.6 asap.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
Ivan

you can change the gestures back in the system prefs if you prefer it the other way as I did.

I want to go back to 3.6 because 4 is dangerous and 5 does not work with essential addons and websites. How do I find previous versions to install?

The new major update cycle is way too fast. I want to get off. Please tell me how to uninstall 4.0.1 and reinstall 3.6.4 (MacOS-X). Reading up on the critical vulnerabilities for 4.0 convinced me that I don't need this headache. I've only installed 4.0 on one of my three computers (home). Wait! I see that 3.6.dmg is still in my downloads! Now, I just need to figure out how to uninstall 4.0!

Due to security vulnerabilities, rolling back to Firefox 4.0.1 is not recommended. Firefox 3.6.18 would be the safer choice.
Here's the process to roll back:
First, I recommend backing up your Firefox settings in case something goes wrong. See [https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Backing+up+your+information Backing up your information]. (You can copy your entire Firefox profile folder somewhere outside of the Mozilla folder.)
Next, download and save Firefox 3.6 to your desktop for future installation. http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/all-older
Close Firefox 5.
You could install Firefox 3.6 over it (many have reported success) or you could uninstall Firefox first. If you uninstall, do not remove your personal data and settings, just the program.
Unless you have installed an incompatible add-on, Firefox 3.6 should pick up where you left off. If there are serious issues, please post back with details.
Note: I haven't actually tried this myself!

I want to go back to Snow Leopard 10.6 from Lion. Quicken 2007 is not compatible with Lion.

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