MACBOOK PRO RETINA (10.8.3) SLOW SHUT DOWN

Hi,
I just upgrade my OS X 10.8.3 2.3ghz intel core i7, and now the time to shut down increase dramatically, also i instal Traktor Pro 2. What should i do?
Regards,
Daniel

I'm still not understanding what's happening. Which applications are not compatible, and how do you know they're incompatible? If they're truly incompatible with 10.8.3, it's very unlikely that they will be compatible with 10.8.2. If they are PowerPC apps, for example, they will not be compatible with any system from 10.7 onward.
Also, note that it's probably not a good idea to try to restore applications from Time Machine, because some of them will not be installed properly if you do that. You will need to reinstall them just as you did the first time you installed them.

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