Mavericks is slow and nothing works properly now. How do I go back to Mountain Lion?
I have an older iMac (purchased in the Spring of 2008). I've updated the operating systems as new ones have come available and even installed more memory into the machine so the upgrades would continue to work. With the latest upgrade to Mavericks I'm ready to go backwards. Mavericks stinks. Everything runs slowly, I get the "beach ball" all the time, and I'm constantly getting error messages. I'm thinking maybe I just don't have enough memory to make this work properly.
So I want to go back to Mountain Lion (which I paid for) but can't find it in my "purchased items" in the App Store and can't seem to figure it out anywhere else. I have a backup hard drive but I haven't backed up in a LONG time so I don't want to go that route. I'd rather just do it online. Can anyone help? (I'm not very tech savvy, so please keep it simple...)
You can check to see if the Mountain Lion purchase was hidden.
Purchases - Hiding/Unhiding
If that doesn't work, try contacting App Store support.
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Is there a way to go back to Mountain Lion after updating to Yosemite? Yosemite has caused nothing but problems in multiple programs. Mountain Lion ran fine. Not sure why I even updated. I am NOT a computer guru so instructions I have read for the many Yosemite fixes blow my mind. Should I be taking my MacBook Pro to the Genius Bar at the nearest Apple Store (2 hours away)? I have been a Mac user and lover for many years and am SO frustrated and disappointed in all of it right now. Please advise on what a non-tech frustrated Mac user can do.
Technically, you can downgrade if you have the following:
Your computer must be elligible to run Mountain Lion. If your computer came with Mavericks or Yosemite out of the box, you can forget it.
You need an already existing Mountain Lion installer file. If you still have that somewhere, for example in your Applications folder, or anywhere else, it's usable- note that it needs to be originally downloaded with your own Apple ID and password. If you made a Mountain Lion USB installer or DVD back then that would work too. If your Time Machine back-ups go back to the days of Mountain Lion or Lion you could check your Applications folder from inside Time Machine and restore it to your computer.
To not have data loss you need a Time Machine back-up that goes back to when you were still running Mountain Lion. Please note that this will revert your data to exactly the date that you choose. If you installed Mavericks 2 months ago, you will loose 2 months worth of data. -
Maverick is a mess, well up to MS at its best. i installed it over Mountain Lion on a base Air that initially came with Lion. The worst is when the screen suddenly goes blank. After a few times, i found tha tsimpy pressing the power button brought up the welcome screen which - after the password - took me back to where I was with no loss, bu tthe first time was horrible. Then WORD for MAC started behaving strangely, with normal operations simply not working - shading to copy or cut out, for instance. Click again and again, no shading - then suddenly it workds! Safari has similar issues. So too with other software downladed earlier. simply nothing works as well as all did under Mountain Lion.
So, I want to deep six Maverick and get back to Mountain Lion. I assume that if I use CONTROL R I will simply reload Maverick. Can I download Mountain Lion from the App Store and then ??? All the copying and such - a half day lost. Is there are easier way?
<Edited by Host>It's Command-R, not Control-R. You won't lose your files or settings if you reinstall 10.9 this way. Why don't you give that a go before reverting to 10.8.
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13871
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Flash CS5 slow and not working properly
Dear all,
I have a serious problem on my machine.
Some months ago I bought Master Collection CS5 and worked fine without problem with Flash and Flex.
Last week I took a virus and I need to format and re-install my pc.
After that I re-installed Master Collection but now, Flash is veeeeeeeeeeery slow and some functions doesn't work properly.
for example, if I open a fla file (made before format) and I try to align a symbol on the stage, it doesn't works!!! it makes nothing! I click on the button and nothing happens!
I already try to uninstall and re-install but the problem persist.
The configuration is the same that i had before format, I only updatet my antivirus to Avast 5, but I don't think that's the problem.
My configuration is this:
Notebook HP Pavillion DV6 2056el
Intel i720
4Gb DDR3
nVidia 1Gb
500Gb HD Sata2
Someone can help me?
Regards.
Diegoiloeski wrote:
There has been a crappy firmware update AGAIN..... *sigh*
really ? ..... the last firmware update was last year December 2014 Firmware: 1.02.17 http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/updates/?family=wdfwdtv_g2 if you have a problem with a firmware update ... then try rollback to a previous one http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5860/~/how-to-roll-back-the-firmware-on-a-wd-tv-live-hub-media-center,-wd-tv-live -
I have synced it several times and nothing changes. I'm afraid to restore it because last time it deleted everything on there, even when I updated it, Everything was deleted and I always back it up. But now the internet is slow and it just loads and loads and it froze a one point, I've turned it off then back on, still nothing.
There are several ways to get iOS on your phone.
In iOS 5.0+, go to Settings<General<Software Update
Connect your phone to iTunes and select "Check for Update". It should prompt you for 5.1
Google for a direct copy of iOS 5.1 for your phone and download it to your computer (it is downloaded from Apple servers, so don't worry about voiding warranty). Restore your phone as normal and hold down Shift (Windows) or Alt (Mac) when clicking restore to specifiy which iOS build you're putting on your phone. You would want to use the 5.1 file you downloaded)
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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 am trying to update my itunes and iphone. Everytime I trie comes out a message about 'key access'. I've done all the steps from the support and nothing worked out. I cannot unistall and now I can't open it anymore also. What should i do, please?
Isn't that only used when a PC will not boot?
What options does booting with this give me?
Thanks
JK MCP
Hi,
USB recovery disk was used to recover your system when it encounter problem. You can try to use it to fix your problem instead reinstall system. However, there is no method to keep your program whenreinstall system.
Roger Lu
TechNet Community Support -
my iPhone 5 randomly switched itself when somebody was calling me and now won't turn on. it had 90% battery, I've tried factory reset, connecting to iTunes and nothing works. the phone is approx 18 months old so surprise surprise out of warranty.
My 5S just started doing this on Thursday: every fraction of a second or so it oscillates between connecting and disconnecting with the charger (USB or wall, doesn't matter). Since it's still under the limited warrantee, I took it to the local Mac dealer (I live in a small town w/out an Apple store) and they shipped it off. I'm waiting now for the replacement--telephonless, too!
What concerns me is that many people seem to be having this issue.
You were right to be suspicious of the Apple store employees. Once they replicated the behavior that you experienced, they should have immediatly offered to exchange your phone. Anything else, in my opinion, is unacceptable. As long as your phone is still doing it, I'd go back, ask for the manager and tell them to exchange your phone. -
I have an ipad mini that won't power on. It was turned off to charge overnight. In the morning it was warm and now won't turn on no matter what I do. I've tried resetting using the power / home button combination and nothing works.
If you have owned the device, as in purchased from Apple, less than a year then there will be no charge to repair, or most likely, replace the device. If you have had the device more than a year you will be charged an out of warranty cost for replacement ($219 I think) and that is much cheaper than a new device. If you have Applecare+ then you have an additional year of coverage and the replacement will be $49 or $79 depending on when you got the Applecare.
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My Macbook has died. Mail and Firefox wouldn’t boot up today and so I turned it off at the button. Now I’ve just got a spinning wheel and nothing works. In the middle of doing a magazine too, altho I did some backup on a stick.
Any suggestions?Try rebooting while holding down the Command and R keys (two keys).
If you see an icon for Recovery, select it and continue.
Then select Disk Utiltiy and press Return.
Now select the hard drive and the Repair Disk.
Quit DU when that is done and restart. -
Hello I am using Ipad 4 and its charger is not working while I was using it few days before and it was working properly now it says that the cable does not support this Ipad Please Help me out.
Try a reset:
- Hold the home button and sleep/wake button down at the same time. When the Apple logo appears release both buttons then try and charge again.
If issue persists try:
- Another known working cable
- Check the charging port for any damage or debris
- You could also use a dry soft bristle toothbrush and gently brush it on the port to clean it of any debris that could be in there -
I updated to ios 6 when it first came out and nothing happened till now. My wifi is grayed out and not working and my Bluetooth isn't working too please somone help this is getting annoying. I tried restoring the setting and resetting everything but nothing worked.
Wi-Fi or Bluetooth grayed out
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Left and right arrow keys are not working properly now
I searched the forum and didn't see this posted. My left and right arrow keys are not working properly now.
For example, when typing, left arrow does not produce the desired action (move cursor one spot to the left), and right arrow does not produce the desired action (move cursor one spot to the right). Also, control + left no longer activates spaces, and control + right no longer activates spaces.
Interestingly, in investigating the problem, I noticed that my shortcut keys for activating spaces and for activating expose had been changed (software update?). Before, I had set F5 (without pressing fn) for expose and had set F6 (without pressing fn) for spaces. Now, I noticed spaces was set back to the default of F8 (requiring fn).
The issue persists after shut down, and even when logged on to other users, e.g. Guest.
All other keys seem to be working fine, including the up and down arrows.
I don't think it's a cleaning issue because fn + left + right produces the "[" character on the screen.
Any ideas?I'm having the same type of issue on my MacBook except not with arrow keys. The volume keys do different things when I click on them. For example, the mute key brings up the dashboard and the volume up key makes all the open screens smaller (don't know what this feature is called). I did a software update then restarted the computer when this starting happening. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
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ok my ipod keyboard is not working sometime it type and i didn't press anything i calibrated it and nothing happen but now it does not type these letters(d,x,r) help please because my cousin will be so mad because he is letting me use it unntil he givs it to his other cousin. Like before he gave it to me he went to the mall to get the screen fix but i dont think it had affected it because i had it for two months now please help please i dont want him mad at me.
Make sure the screen is clean
Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: How to back up
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.
If still problem, make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store since it appears you have a hardware problem.
Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar -
my iMac has been slow to respond for about 6 months and it is getting worse, beach ball is here a lot I have tried a few different things and nothing works. i am not sure if i need to take to an apple store or what any tips or suggestions would be appreciated
Well it doesn't appear the easy guess is going to help in your case, sorry.
So here are the heavy guns on performance that Dr. Smoke has written up
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/performance.html
I hope something in this web site is able to help you.
Allan
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