Restore Mavericks 10.9.5 from Yosemite

Not really a question but a report that I successfully restored a MB Air 13 back to Mavericks 10.9.5 after installing the public release Yosemite 10.10. I used the Command R Restore procedure and 'Restore from Time Machine Backup' from the last dated backup prior to loading Yosemite.
Yosemite wasn't that bad but a couple of my frequently used applications wouldn't run under 10.10. Key lesson: always backup your system before doing an operating system change.

Can I just thank you for taking time to post this. I installed the abortion called Yosemite on Friday, and once I'd got it I absolutely hated it. It didn't stop any apps working or anything, and my install went without a hitch. But the UI looks like it was meant for a computer you might get in a Christmas cracker. Cheap, ugly and garish.
If Yosemite had been the Mac OS when I was thinking of getting a Mac three years ago... I would never have got my Mac.
Having installed the thing, though, I was resigned to having to put up with it... until I saw your post.
Using the Command + R keys at startup, then choosing 'Restore from Time Machine' really did the trick, and I'm now back to using a Mac that looks elegant again. (It did take an awful long time to complete the restore though, which had me worrying a bit. But all was fine.) Phew!
ps. And happening to choose a Time Machine backup that was also pre- iTunes 12 was a bonus as well.

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My situation was that my older iMac met the bare minimum requirements to use Yosemite so I went for it. It was super slow so I decided to go backwards from Yosemite back to Mavericks.
I booted in the internet recovery mode and restored from my TC backup. Took a long time (like 9+ hours) for this process to run its course. When it completed, all appears well except that it seems I've lost the virtual machines I had installed using the software Parallels. This makes sense I guess as my hard drive was wiped to make room for it. It didn't hit me that this would happen as when I upgraded to Yosemite it was working just on that part of the hard drive. Just ran with going backwards (my fault) for not thinking that the entire hard drive would be wiped.
So, long intro to asking, is there any way to restore that virtual machine from a TC backup? Not sure if those files are saved somewhere on the Mac or in TC to somehow restore?
Thanks.

Boot to the Recovery Volume (command - R on a restart or hold down the option key during a restart and select Recovery Volume). Run Disk Utility Verify/Repair and Repair Permissions until you get no errors. Erase and format the hard drive (Mac OS Extended (Journaled). Then reinstall the OS. Use Setup Assistant to transfer from Time Machine.
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Roll back from yosemite to mavericks without time machine

I am currently a user of Retina Macbook Pro late 2013, 13", i5 with 2.4 GHz, 8gb, 1600MHz DDR3.
I faced a huge problem after updating my mac from Mavericks 10.9.5 to Yosemite 10.10, this has caused my mac to running slow, but before updating it was so smooth and worked perfectly.
- Yosemite causes my mac to be so laggy when scrolling up and down. Sometimes, it crashes all of a sudden when you are just watching a video using Safari.
- Scrolling through PDF files is so laggy
- Minimizing Apps is not as smooth as before.
My Question :
- How to roll back to mavericks/ downgrade from yosemite to mavericks? provided that i didn't not have a time machine backup. And so far i could not find any installer for mavericks in app store.

No. You need to first erase the drive then install Mavericks. Try backing up your files (Home folder) somewhere. Boot from your Mavericks drive. From it use Disk Utility to erase your Yosemite drive. Clone the Mavericks drive to the drive you just erased. Now restore your data from the backup you made.
Of course if your Mavericks drive also has a current copy of your Home folder from the Yosemite computer, then all you need to do is boot from it, erase the Yosemite drive, clone the Mavericks drive and you're done.

Can i downgrade from Yosemite to Mavericks by using Mavericks Time Machine Backup?

Hey guys! Well I am in the position of needing to buy a new Mac, but I need it to be on Mavericks due to programs that I run and stability issues. I would love to get one of the new mac minis, but am aware that they ship with OS X Yosemite. Is it true that I can downgrade to Mavericks by restoring the new mac mini from a Time Machine backup that was done on Mavericks? I have heard that this will work but wanted to make sure before I move forward.
Just to be clear, I would take a Mac Mini that has Yosemite on it and restore it from a Time Machine backup that was done from my old Mac (Mac Book Pro 17") that was on the latest version of Mavericks.
Thanks so much guys!

There should be a hidden Recovery HD on your Time Machine backup drive. Boot using OPTION booting:
Boot Using OPTION key:
1. Restart the computer.
2. Immediately after the chime press and hold down the
"OPTION" key.
3. Release the key when the boot manager appears.
4. Select the icon labeled Recovery HD 10.10.
5. Click on the arrow button below the icon.
Then do this:
Select Disk Utility from the main menu and click on the Continue button.
After DU loads select the volume you wish to erase from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Erase button and wait until the process has completed.
Quit Disk Utility and return to the Main Menu.
Select Restore from a Time Machine backup and click on the Continue button.

Revert from Yosemite to Maverick

I downloaded Yosemite a few days ago and made the bone headed mistake of not backing up my files before upgrading to yosemite, my macbook pro won't start up normal without freezing a getting the spinning wheel. The only way I can get into my Macbook is to do safe mode start up. I've tried repairing the disk but no help. I want to revert from yosemite back to maverick, I don't have another Mac to get Maverick from to put on a thumb drive but I read somewhere that I could go to the app store and go to "purchases" and re download Maverick through safe mode, would that work? I also don't want it to delete my files if I do that.

You must first erase the hard drive and install an earlier version of OS X that will work in order to re-download Mavericks. So you need to install the original version of OS X that came with your computer. However, if that version preceded Snow Leopard, then you can reinstall Snow Leopard from the retail DVD and update it to 10.6.8. If your computer came with Lion or later pre-installed then do this:
Boot to the Internet Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND-OPTION- R keys until a globe appears on the screen. Wait patiently - 15-20 minutes - until the Recovery main menu appears.
Partition and Format the hard drive:
Select Disk Utility from the main menu and click on the Continue button.
After DU loads select your newly installed hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed. Quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion. Mavericks: Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion, Mavericks and click on the Install button. Be sure to select the correct drive to use if you have more than one.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.
This should restore the version of OS X originally pre-installed on the computer.

How can I go back to from Yosemite to Mavericks???

I want to know how to go back from Yosemite to Mavericks.

Hi Allan,
I am in this situation too, I have a plenty of Time Machine backups.
At the end of the restore I get a Restore Success message, but when I am viewing the logs, I get the following errors displayed:
localhost OSInstaller[648]: {RESTORE] unable to boot from restored disk.
localhost configd[112]: arp_client_transmit(en1) failed, Network is down
localhost configd[112]: bootp_session_transmit: bpf_write(en1) failed: Net
localhost configd[112]: DHCP en1: INIT-REBOOT transmit failed
localhost configd[112]: DHCP en1: ARP detec ROUTER failed, arp_client_tr****
localhost configd[112]: arp_client_transmit(en1) failed, Network is down
localhost configd[112]: bootp_session_transmit: bpf_write(en1) failed
localhost configd[112]: DHCP en1: INIT-REBOOT transmit failed
localhost configd[112]: DHCP en1: ARP detect ROUTER failed, arp_client_****
*****= screen shot cut off, dont have rest of that line.
After restart I get the grey screen and the circle with slash.
Any assistance you can provide would be GREATLY appreciated.
Best,
Joe

Reverted back to Maverick from Yosemite - extremely slow

I just spent an entire weekend reverting from Yosemite back to the previous operating system. This was the worst upgrade I have ever experienced with Apple. As it was, with Time Machine backup, it worked to restore but I lost files even though. I would like to know when will it be safe to upgrade if ever. I felt like a test-case for Apple. I should have stayed with my system because it worked great before and very fast. This upgrade is not for everyone and I want to make sure people are warned. Some may experience nothing but good, but for me it was not!!
my system: MacBook Pro
Memory: 8 GB
back to : 10.9.4
processor: 2.2 GHZ intel core 17
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ShadowDancer1000 wrote:
amacuser.1 wrote:
I think they missed the mark considering their target demographic tends to be looking for a more refined look and feel.
Apple's U/I target demo lately has been women. Sad fact, but already proven by several design study articles and business analytics that look at which market share demographic was growing fastest when it parsed through Apple's sales.
http://www.businessinsider.com/is-ios-7-for-girls-2013-9
It's sad that women are a target demographic? Why?
As part of that demographic, I can't say that I get the feeling that Apple is trying to appeal to me. It seems to me that they are assuming that ALL of their users are fairly clueless, not just the female users.
I hardly think the interface changes are due to a desire to market to women. They certainly aren't impressing me, whatever the intent. I don't hate the look of Yosemite, but I don't like it, either. The translucency is a bizarre touch, pointless in terms of function and at odds with the generally joyless flat aesthetic.

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I'm specifically looking for the canon 7D mark II profile, which is not available in Mavericks, but is in Yosemite.
(I can't upgrade to Yosemite as my Mac is not supported)

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kenmac1969 wrote:
I'm gonna jump in as I have similar issues with Yosemite.
My two old white MacBooks run perfect with Snow leopard, but my 2011 17" i7 Macbook Pro is a dead slug with yosimite installed.
Tried the start with C held down, also with option held down. All it does is beeps at me three times, then again three times.....
I want to remove yosimite and install Snow leopard from dvd as yosimite runs worse than a Windows OS.
Can it be done, what do I need to do please?
Examples of faults, even with a 1tb solid state drive and 16 gig of ram, it is incredibly slow. Took four hours to install Logic 8 last night, I still have to reinstall logic 9 upgrade. On the White MacBooks I got both 8 and 9 installed in under an hour and a half all up.
Beeping on startup means failed RAM.
Slowness is usually caused by incompatible third-party system modifications.

Thinking of Going From Yosemite BACK to Mavericks!

Greetings All-
First of all, I'd just like to thank this community for being the most helpful group of professionals one could ever turn to in times of distress or need.
I have spent hours of time seeking to find why my wifes 15" MBP - which we upgraded to Yosemite, has been nothing but trouble ever since. The infamous "Spinning Colored Wheel" is a hourly sight along with a freezing system, and extremely slow processing! I have sought out everything I possible scenario and also backed it up in case I found something that erases all cache, cookies, etc OR brings me back to using Mavericks!
Looked into the typical Anti Virus / Malware software and if truly required, what settings to put MBP on for safer surfing & operation and to be honest I don't really know if I should be using the Mac Firewall and FileVault (or what Security settings should be ON vs OFF)
On my trusty 17" workhorse I stayed on with the 10.9.5 OS and have no issues of the sort thankfully. I also really didnt like the new layout of Yosemite while using hers but just cannot put a finger on what it is I don't like. My question is - are there any members who had troubles like these or simply didnt care for it and chose to return to Mavericks? And better yet - HOW easily can one convert their OS Backwards to a previous one too?
Thanks for any advice on these topics and hopefully I can solve her matters!

First, reverting to an earlier Mac OS X from Yosemite is not difficult if you have a TimeMachine backup of the system:OS X Yosemite: Revert to a previous OS X version If not, things get messier because you have to erase the hard drive and reinstall the Mac OS X version and then reinstall all of the applications. Data will be lost unless you make a backup on an external drive before starting the erase process. If her MBP came with Mavericks installed at the factory, you can restart holding the Command+Option+R keys (this takes a good internet connection) which puts you on the Apple servers. Then use Disk Utility to erase the hard drive and then Install Mac OS X to get Mavericks back. After that the issues are your applications and other data.
As to her slow performance, you can check what is running in the background pretty simply by getting a copy of etrecheck, from etresoft.com, it is free, and that will show all processes that are running and you can look for obvious culprits like MacKeeper, Anti-Virus software, cleaning software - the usual bad actors. Latest version is: http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck
I have had no issues with the latest Yosemite running on an Early 2011 15" MBP, but I have a lot of memory and that usually makes a big differences.

Is it possible to go back to Mavericks from Yosemite

A lot of my photography software (especially Photoshop plug-ins) no longer work with Yosemite.
Is it possible to use a Time Machine backup before Yosemite came out to restore Mavericks?
Thanks.

Hi Brentmeister,
I think you may find the information in the following resource helpful:
OS X Yosemite: Revert to a previous OS X version
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH18846
- Matt M.

Return to Mavericks from Yosemite

Is there any way to return to mavericks from yosemite? I didn't know aperture 2.1.4 wouldn't be compatible (thanks for making it generally known --AGAIN--Apple). I'd like to go back and retrieve my photos.

Hey Lanny, thanks but I have no clue how to do this. I've always stuck with apple/mac because I didn't have to be a computer geek to make stuff work. I have no idea what it means to erase your internal drive from the Recovery partition and reinstall Mavericks. I don't have a copy of Mavericks; I got it free from Apple. I have no idea what steps I'd need to do all of this and I'm afraid if I did that I'd lose everything and end up with a useless piece of hardware.

Downgrade from Yosemite using Time Machine

Hi,
I am planning on downgrading from Yosemite back to Mavericks because of the fonts/resolution debacle, I am partially sighted and use the Accessibility function Zoom and the thin, grey blurry fonts are made worse by the magnification process which means I am having great difficulty just doing simple things like reading emails and using Finder windows, I have tried checking the 'Increase contrast' option in Accessibility>Display and the 'Use LCD font smoothing...' option all to no avail, if only Zoom worked like 'pinch to zoom' in Safari (I use a trackpad).
Anyway my question concerns using a Time Machine backup to downgrade, I have two external HDDs one for TM backups the other containing my iTunes media folder which is also backed up by TM, can I disconnect the iTunes media folder HDD before I restore from TM or will there be an issue if TM has to also restore the iTunes media folder ?
I hope this makes sense.
Thanks in advance
Pete
2012 iMac 27"

If you upgraded to iTunes 12, there may be a problem with iTunes media if you didn't have iTunes 12 in Mavericks.
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