I WOULD like to revert back to Mountain Lion OS

I have recently installed Maverick OS 10.9. I am not happy with it especially because it does not support on the applications I use the most. I would like to evert back to Mountain Lion, and I need some help to do it safely.

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I have software that is not compatible with the 10.7.5 video drivers and would like to revert back to 10.7.4 OS or at least the video driver, is there a way to do this?

I have software that is not compatible with the latest video drivers that were installed witht 10.7.5 update. I would like to revert back to 10.7.4 OS or at least the video driver, is there a way to do this?

If you want to reformat your machine and re-install all your apps and then restore from an earlier version of Time Machine you can. However if I were you I'd update the apps.

Reverting back to Mountain Lion from Mavericks via Time Machine?

Hi all
I'm wondering if anybody has successfully downgraded from Mavericks back to Mountain Lion. I am fed up with all the bugs with Mavericks...I should never have upgraded. However, I did make a system backup via Time Machine before upgrading. I'm not sure if it is possible to go back, though. Has anyone successfully done it via Time Machine? I'm also having trouble getting to the restore menu - I have a PC keyboard (which works fine for the Mac), but it doesn't do anything when I hit Command (well, the PC equivalent) + R or Option when I restart. The only thing that seems to work is Command+Option+R, which takes me to the Internet recovery, though I'm not sure if I can go back to my old system via Time Machine on that. Anyway, would appreciate any thoughts on this.

Boot OS X Recovery by holding ⌘ r (two fingers) while you start your Mac. OS X Internet Recovery, which you were able to invoke with your non-Apple keyboard, will work just as well.
Once the Mac OS X Utilities screen appears, select Restore from Time Machine Backup.
Select the TM backup of your Mountain Lion system prior to upgrading - their backup dates and OS X versions will appear, so you will be looking for the most recent backup of your system when it was running OS X version 10.8.5.
When it completes, your Mac will restart and your previous system state will have been restored. After that, uninstall any third party software and system modifications incompatible with Mavericks before contemplating an upgrade.

Reverting back to Mountain Lion from Mavericks

Hi,
I just upgraded up OS X Mavericks and all of my Adobe software (Photoshop, After Effects and Premiere) open and work fine.
When I open Encore CS 5.1, it freezes with the Beach Ball. Is there anything I can do or download to get it to open up?
If I have to, is there a way to go back to Mountain Lion without erasing my hard drive and losing all of my software. I use Encore and it worked fine in Mountain Lion.
Thanks in advance.
Mac Pro
10GB RAM

You'll need to purchase a USB HD and backup first.
Then see: https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6162

I would like to revert back to Leopard Dock in Mavericks. Is it possible?

Hi, I started this topic on non-developers forum (I'm an ordinary user, not a developer) but as it turned out I should expect little help from them therefore I decided to take chances here. So, I would like VERY MUCH to have Leopard's Dock though I'm on Mavericks. I know that since Leopard's Dock was a PPC app it can't be extracted from Leopard's combo update and simply placed in CoreServices folder. I've browsed Internet but to no avail and I don't want to install too much third-party software that won't find use in my environment. The only solution could be to ask whether it's possible to have the means to make that app that would be working on Mavericks? If yes, then how to accomplish it, I'm catching on quickly, so I think I could afford this task, if I get some advices.
Or maybe I should request here if someone agrees to write such version of the app, I'm sure many other users would gladly have this Dock, because since ML (or even Lion) Dock wasn't much favorably acclaimed (especially its active apps indicators are designed poorly).
Would be glad to hear from you,
I.S.

Had you looked into existing Dock Modifiers for Mavericks, as in the past, some persons
did create and distribute this kind of product, often for free or little expense?
A revisit to the generalized topic may be seen in this results URL from a search on theme:
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=dock+modification+mavericks
Hopefully you can make use of some of these existing ideas and/or products, but do be
wary of some that may not be what they pretend to be; least you get adware or ??? stuff.
Good luck & happy computing!

Reverting back to mountain lion from maverick

My system has been very slow and unstable after upgrading to Maverick I would like to do a clean install of Mountain Lion. What I need to know is can I copy all my applications on my current system drive to an unused internal drive and reinstall them back to the system drive once Mountain Lion is installed or is there a better way to go about this?

why not leave well enough as is. Then install Mavericks on a new SSD instead. Hope you planned ahead and made your own flash installer and saved the package from before so you don't need to redownload.
As for your experience, may you upgraded over ML? Maybe you have things you didn't realize but that are not compatible or never should have been there. Or something.
I would never upgrade in place.
Setup Assistant will offer to import from any system it sees when it loads the first time, so you don't need to do anything in that regard. Other than make sure you have latest drivers, apps, programs and such - but I would take it slowly and see how a clean install of Mavericks runs first.
And CLONE your system(s) before upgrading, or installing, or making changes. It really works and lets you boot off any system you want, on any drive - SSD, one drive wtih ML and Mavericks on it.
The SSD will make the best improvement in performance. 250GB is now $154 for Samsung's 840 EVO.
Clone your system:
How to Clone a Volume
Using Cloning as a Backup Strategy
See also Erasing a Drive, How and Why to Partition a Drive, RAID.
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/7032/carbon-copy-cloner
Using Cloning as a Backup Strategy
http://macperformanceguide.com/Mac-HowToClone.html
How to make your own bootable OS X 10.9 Mavericks USB install drive
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/10/how-to-make-your-own-bootable-os-x-10-9-mav ericks-usb-install-drive/

HT2476 I recently upgraded to OS X Mavericks and now I cannot open any of my Microsoft apps. Is Mavericks not compatible with Microsoft Office 2008? If not, how do I revert back to Mountain Lion?

I recently updated my Macbook Pro to OS X Mavericks and now I cannot access any of my Microsoft Office apps. Is Mavericks not compatible with Microsoft Office? If not, how do I revert?

Welcome to Apple Support Communities
Office 2008 and 2011 are compatible with OS X Mavericks.
If you are using Office 2008, I highly recommend you to reinstall the latest Office 2008 update > http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36897 Note that Office 2008 is not supported by Microsoft anymore

I would like to go back to my old version. Version 4 does not support my Afrikaans spell checker etc.

Most of my work is done in Afrikaans en therefore my spell checker is vital to me. Your latest version is not compatible to the available spell checker and so I would like to revert back to the older version.
Kind Regards
Stephanie

A spell checker that works in Firefox 3.6 should also work in Firefox 4.0 even if not listed as compatible.
You can force Firefox to install the spell checker or re-enable it if it has been disabled by installing the Add-on Compatibility Reporter extension - https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/add-on-compatibility-reporter

Switching From Mavericks Back To Mountain Lion (Without an Optical Drive)

So I normally am not one to post to a group asking for help (blame it on the mid-20's stubbornness), however I seem to have run into an encounter that I cannot exactly find via Google or through clever sleuthing. I have an Early 2008 Macbook Pro which I upgraded to Mavericks back in the early Spring. I currently would like to try to revert back to Mountain Lion or even possibily Lion, however my predicament is that I have unfortunately never ran a Time Machine backup (don't own an external) and my optical drive in the past couple of months has finally kicked the bucket. Since I'm unable to use the install cds to do a clean wipe and fresh install off of those, would anyone have a recommendation of what else I could do? Thank you so much and have a wonderful day.

You can only install Snow Leopard from an installer DVD. You can purchase one from the online Apple Store: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard - Apple Store (U.S.). The price is $19.99 plus tax. You will be sent physical media by mail after placing your order.
Alternatively, you could relate what problems you have with Mavericks. Perhaps we can help with those.

How to go back to mountain lion from mavericks

What's the easiest way to revert back to Mountain Lion from Mavericks? I'm having troubles using Final Cut Pro X on Mavericks

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Has anybody gone back to Mountain Lion

Hi, My Mavericks is running incredibly slow. Has anyone managed to revert back to Mountain Lion successfuly, or should I just stick it out and wait for an eventual update.
Thanks

You could certainly go back to your previous OS if you want, or we could try to help you fix what's wrong. Here's a reference: How to revert OS X back from Mavericks: Apple Support Communities

Had to restore my computer and now have music on the iPad that I would like to transfer back to the computer. How do I do this?

Had to restore my computer and now have music on the iPad that I would like to transfer back to the computer. How do I do this? (Operating system is Windows Vista)

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I would like to return back OS X Maverick from 1 month experience with OS X Yosemite ? Where i could find out link to download OS x Maverick?

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Change the home button back to the left side!!!!! I've changed browsers and would like to change back and upgrade to FF 6.0 if you can get that fixed!

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And why can't I send an email from the old browser? lame!

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