Revert back to osx mountain lion from mavericks?

Since updating to osx mavericks I have encountered numerous issues with my multi display set up to the extent that I have decided to go back to mountain lion
My question is how do I go about doing this as I have tried to go through the recovery but this only gives me the option to install mavericks
I have daily back ups so data loss is not a threat and I understand that erasing the drive is the most likely option
Any help will be appreciated I need this fixed ASAP as I need the set up for audio & video editing work!!!

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some of my files predate mavericks, other's don't.
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How do I downgrade from OSX Mavericks to OSX Mountain Lion. I do NOT have a Time Machine Backup and I dont want to lose all my files. Is there a way to downgrade WITHOUT a Time Machine Backup and still have all my files????

Since you need to erase your hard drive in order to downgrade, you would lose all your files. You cannot do what you want without erasing, so make a backup first.

How do I revert back to OS Mountain Lion from Yosemite

My MAC Runs like a Dog and takes ages to boot up after upgrading to Yosemite. Is there a procedure to follow that allows me to go back to an earlier operating system ?

Hey Gary!
Officially, downgrading your system to any previous version isn't supported by Apple.
There are other third party sites that offer suggestions to downgrade, which some for example are:
- http://osxdaily.com/2014/10/22/downgrade-os-x-yosemite-to-mavericks/
- http://www.gottabemobile.com/2014/10/20/ipad-air-2-release-date-info/
- https://bgr.com/2014/10/23/yosemite-to-mavericks-downgrade/
With downgrading, make sure to backup all of your information! If you do not like those options, you can always Google search "Downgrading from Yosemite to Mavericks" or something along those lines for more options.
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What's the easiest way to revert back to Mountain Lion from Mavericks? I'm having troubles using Final Cut Pro X on Mavericks

Revert to a Previous OS X
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HT201364 how do I uninstall OS X Mavericks and revert back to OS mountain lion?

how do I uninstall OS X Mavericks and revert back to OS mountain lion?

You can't uninstall an OS X version. You would have to erase the drive and reinstall a prior OS version. That's why you should never upgrade without having a backup.
However, just about any router in the world should work with Mavericks, without the need of any DVD supplied software.

How to revert back to 10.6.8 from mavericks

How to revert back to 10.6.8 from mavericks, a lot of programs i need to use are unsupported by the new update. what can i do to revert my imac back to the previous OSX

Why not simply udate your apps, it will be much easier in the long run if you do. However if you want to revert back to 10.6.8, then simply use your SL discs to reformat your HD, then update to 10.6.8 and then use Migration Assistant to migrate your apps and other data from your TM or bootable backup clone to your HD.
Going forward it's much wiser to do you due diligence before updating. You have old apps that are probably PPC based, Apple supported those until Lion was released 2 years ago. The longer you wait to update those apps the more painful upgrading will be in the future.

Why am I getting a white screen after downloading to OSX Mountain lion from OSX Snow Leopard. What caused this?

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computer to find out what to do. What caused this and will this happen again?

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I'm now running OSX v. 10.6.8. I purchased OSX Mountain Lion from the app store

I'm now running OSX v. 10.6.8. I purchased OSX Mountain Lion from the app store & after about 40 minutes of "downloading" (started 40 or so minutes ago) my iMac restarted & I signed in. But OSX 10.6.8 is still there & the image of OSX Mountain Lion is in my dock with the caption "OSX Mountain Lion -- Paused" !!! ...Now ANOTHER 20 minutes have passed & no change nor other prompts nor info have come up!! WHAT'S GOING ON??? PLEASE HELP!!! ~~~THANK YOU!!!

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I had never turned my iMac off so I still don't understand why the download paused, & when I looked in my Applications folder there was no Mountain Lion, but your words, "However, you can pause and resume the download as many times as you want" encouraged me to look deeper & try harder!! I clicked & double-clicked (& multi-clicked!) the Mtn Lion icon in my dock to no avail but finally, I clicked & HELD the click for about 7 seconds . . . . . . . & then a little pop-up came & asked me if I want to "Resume the download" or stop it!! So I slid the cursor over to "Resume..." & it's downloading again!! ~~I HOPE!! I guess 4.4 GB of OS update will take more than a little time to get in there!
~~~Again, THANK YOU so MUCH & God less you with a WONDERFUL time with your studies & future dreams!!!

HT1338 Dear all, I have just bought a MacBook pro with osx lion on 25thast month. I wanted to know if I can use the methods described above to update to osx mountain lion or I have to buy osx mountain lion from the app store?

Dear all, I have just bought a MacBook pro with osx lion on 25th last month. I wanted to know if I can use the methods described above to update to osx mountain lion or I have to buy osx mountain lion from the app store?

Here are the rules to qualify for the free upgrade:
http://www.apple.com/osx/uptodate/
(has to be purchased from Apple or authorized reseller).

How to download but not install OSX Mountain Lion on Mavericks

Hi all
I would like to download but not install OSX Mountain Lion on my MBP which is currently running OSX Mavericks.
This however seems impossible. I think OSX Mavericks were already installed on my MBP and therefore it seems "impossible" to download it.
Now, why would I to do this? The answer is quite reasonable, due to certain demands related to an application portfolio I need Mountain Lion, because the portfolio is not upgraded to run on Mavericks. And, it is more reasonable to downgrade a version of OSX, rather waiting for the portfolio upgrade which can take years.
Yes, I need to downgrade my secondary MBP which also came with preinstalled Mavericks. This can be done, if I only could download but not install Moutain Lion.
It should be easy enough; download Mountain Lion, make an installer and make a bootable thumb usb stick. Then erase Mavericks and install Mountain Lion.
I have previously bought Mountain Lion so it is accessible to me in the App Store, but whenever I try to hit the Download button, I get a message saying this can't be done, since I am running Mavericks.
This bugs me, it should be obvious users needs the flexibility to swap whatever OSX version they need. It is still software.
So, how can I download but not install Mountain Lion on my newer MBP that came with preinstalled Mavericks?
I would like to see answers like:
"In order to get this to work, you first have to disable the locking mechanism in [...] " instead of "No, this is impossible to do"
Regards

Thanks for your reply Eric
Can't help wondering thought, people are ok with this?
Basically Apple are saying: "Do not attempt to install an older version of OSX which came preinstalled. If so, expect multiple failures." Really?! Has it always been so? For me it's not like I'm going to install Snow Leopard on my Late 2013 Retina MBP, but I would expect some form of backward compatibility between the previous version and it successor. Apparently this is not possible, and how is this even acceptable?
Personally, I am not going to downgrade, as if I had a choice, but I would and I expected however, the possibility to at least download the previous OSX version. What do you do if you have bought several applications, not necessarily online from App Store and buy yourself a new Mac with preinstalled Mavericks and after installing your "old" applications they fail to work properly? What do you do since downgrading apparently is not an option. So... again, what do you do?
If you don't have friends with an older Mac, you could be facing serious problems. And I'm not talking about gaming, but serious business.
I find this quite disturbing actually, and please tell me it's not so. There gotta be a way to do this?
I simply want to download the OS but I expect some registry values (like windows' registry) keeps preventing this.
It should be possible to simply download and not download and install in one operation, shouldn't it?
Regards

HT4759 Before upgrading to OSX Mountain Lion from Lion, my mail and iCloud connections were fine. Now, the connection is almost non-existent (iCloud "connecting" forever,mail icon jumps). My network is good. Any solutions?

Does anyone know how to eliminate the "jumping mail icon" that stems from iCloud not connecting correctly? I just upgraded to Mountain Lion from Lion and before, everything was fine, but now the synch between iCloud and mail seems to be out of whack and the "connection doctor" doesn't help and nothing seems to get rid of the problem.

Does anyone know how to eliminate the "jumping mail icon" that stems from iCloud not connecting correctly? I just upgraded to Mountain Lion from Lion and before, everything was fine, but now the synch between iCloud and mail seems to be out of whack and the "connection doctor" doesn't help and nothing seems to get rid of the problem.

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/

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

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