I'm very frustrated with some of the audio software that is still having compatibilty issues with Lion so I'm trying to find out if anyone has downgraded back to Snow Leopard on a MacBook Pro that has Lion pre-installed on it?
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MacBook
Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I have installed Yosemite and it is hogging way too many resources to run applications efficiently. It appears that the system will not recognize previous install versions (ie. Mavericks). How to downgrade this system back to Mavericks without losing any files that were created in Yosemite? I'd even consider losing the files as not being able to work is beyond frustrating.
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MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
I recently upgraded to the OS X Mountain Lion DP 2. How do I downgrade back to OS X Lion because I'm quite sick of Mountain Lion.
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MacBook
Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
downgrading their macbook pro from mavericks to lion (or, if not lion, to mountain lion)? I have a late 2013 mbpro with rentina (model 11,2).Â
I am no interested in any flame wars, but I, personally, despise mavericks. I have several other macs I have worked on for years and have been extremely satisfied with snow leopard. I explored installing sl on my mbpro, but it isn't possible to the newer hardware on the mbpro.Â
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MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013), Mac OS 9.2.x, started with 10.9, tried 10.9.3
how to downgrade Lion to Snow Leopard? Trying to install SL disc but it always prompts 'Cannot install disc on this OS version'. Most of my softwares can't be installed in Lion.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I'm trying to dual boot my Macbook Pro (2010) with Windows 7 to run some software that is not Mac compatible. I have encountered one problem after the next, but most recently, my disc drive has stopped reading discs. I had originally gone from Mountain Lion to Mavericks as an upgrade, and my disc drive worked fine - but due to an issue with the Windows 7 installation, I had to completely wipe my computer and start fresh - booting Mavericks from the Cloud directly. This appears to have knocked out my disc drive and try as I might, my computer will not only refuse to read external optical drives, but it will accept discs, not read them, and repeatedly spit them out a few seconds later. Â
I was looking for a solution - and I'm not sure exactly which route to take. I could downgrade to Mountain Lion and hopefully restore the functionality of my disc drive to install Windows 7 and upgrade my OS after the fact OR I could find a way to repair my disc drive. The issue is most definitely software and not hardware. Â
Ideally, I'll walk away from this with a partitioned MacBook Pro with both Windows 7 and Mavericks installed. I don't even necessarily need my disc drive to work once Windows 7 is installed. Â
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MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
I did a clean install of Lion (10.7.4) from the App store using a FW SuperDuper clone of my 10.6.8 internal HD. I figured once I did that, I'd be able to run the 10.7.3 combo updater and overwrite 10.7.4.
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Mac Pro early 2009 2.26 dual quad , Mac OS X (10.7.4)
I have a 21.5 inch iMac that I want to re-install so I can sell it in a clean state. Unfortunately, I lost my original install discs so I called Apple Care (who don't care AT ALL) and they told me that they no longer are able to ship out replacement discs and my only option is to purchase a SL disc on the online store. I ordered a SL install DVD and once it arrived found that my iMac won't boot from this disc.So, I called Apple tech support again and was now told that I can't do what they had suggested I do as described above because apparetnly OS X Lion makes changes to the iMac.
I am left *really* frustrated with Apple's arrogance and unwillingness to help. The agent's only response was to point me to the legal agreement for OS X Lion and he also stated "it's in there somewhere" but couldn't be more specific.
Is it possible to downgrade from 10.7.4 to 10.6.8?
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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
how to go back to 10.7.2 from 10.7.3?
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MacBook Pro
is it possible to downgrade OS?from 10.7 to 10.6 as i do not like 10.7?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3), i5 2.53Ghz, 8GB ram
I now can't use three programs I desperately need since my upgrade. How do I downgrade back to 10.6? The disk that came with my iMac won't let me load the old system.
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iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
Basically looking for an answer to the title question. If it is possible, which version of Snow Leopard.do I need to buy....the $29 version? I'm basically wanting to downgrade because I want iLife 11 suite which has the iWeb software.
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View 1 Replies View RelatedI recently purchased a new MacBook Pro (I bought it in Janurary, so not the new ones). My POS software will not run on Lion. I was wondering if there was any way that I can downgrade my computer to Snow Leopard, I have the disc. Also, I installed Snow Leopard on an external HD but my computer would not start up from that disc, is there any way to fix that? Information: Snow Leopard Version 10.6.3 - Lion Version: 10.7.4 - MacBook Pro 2.4 GHz Intel Core i7, 4GB RAM.
View 4 Replies View RelatedWe have a new iMac at work bought through Apple's refurb site. It is running the latest version of Lion with all firmware updates, etc. It is replacing a G5 running Tiger.
The problem is this“ it is supposed to be running Adobe CS5, but also CS4 (and Office would be handly also) We have other macs here, some running Leopard, some Snow Leopard, but the Adobe apps are not happy at all in Lion, and InDesign CS4 crashes all the time and won't even print without jumping through a million hoops (obviously the Office 2004 app won't run at all).
Due to the level of issues we are having with Lion (and the reliability of the all the software under Snow Leopard) I am looking to downgrade to Snow Leopard.I have a full retail version of Snow Leopard (10.6.3), but the Lion system won't boot from the disk, it just gets to the grey screen, and beeps three times. I presume this means that there isn't the required drivers on the disk to run the hardware, or there's a firmware update that doesn't allow installation.
Am i totally stuck with this OS? I was looking to install Snow Leopard on a partiton, but when i run the install disk from the Lion desktop, it reports that I can't run it because 'I have Install Mac OS X 23.1.1.'I would really like to just have Snow Leopard on my iMac, or failing that, Lion on a small partition, and Snow Leopard and all the programs on the larger partition that I would boot from.
Info:iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3), 2.5 Ghz Intel i5, 4Gb RAM (work)
I've been reading a lot on the process of downgrading from Lion to Snow Leopard. But it all seems a bit blurry as no actual facts are posted, and I couldn't find out if its only possible for machines that did not come with Lion pre-installed (mine did). I'm really keen on downgrading so I can get back to work. The compatibility with most of the audio plugins I use is not good, so I'd rather just keep working with the previous operating system. I have read a lot of the other threads on this matter, but the main point here is if it is possible to downgrade in a machine that came with Lion preinstalled. I've seen videos on how to do it, but they don't mention if it works on any Mac or only in those that, at some point, already had a version of Snow Leopard installed.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.1)
I have a 17 inch MacBook Pro (early 2008). I installed Lion back earlier this year so I could use the iBooks application. Big mistake. Since then my wifi connection constantly drops out. I've roamed these forums and tried just about everything suggested. I would now like to go back to the Snow Leopard software I had installed before.
The problem is the last Time Machine update I ran was on Lion (I know *face palm*). If I were to completely erase my hard drive, install the Snow Leopard DVD, then install the Snow Leopard update, would I still be able to use some of the files from my Lion Time Machine back up? My biggest concerns are my music purchases on the iTunes store and Microsoft Word documents....
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I have an application that can be used in Snow Leopard but not in Lion because of "PowerPC". Can Apple downgrade it or does anyone know how to?
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
I have just upgraded my system mac book pro from 10.6.8 to 10.7.....but it become slow and graphic problem also....can any one suggest how do i downgrade my system back to 10.6.8...I do have Time Machine backup for 10.6.8 working time a day ago..
Info:MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.7)
I am used MBA Mountain Lion OSX.Â
I am trying to use Business Objects through the web and unfortunately Java 7 is not compatible. I was able to downgrade to Java 6u65 (Java 1.6.0_65)Â but I really need update 45 to get Business Objects to work. Terminal code and/or a download that will allow me to pull out Java version 6u45? (Java 1.6.0_45)?Â
I've been on here trying several other's codes and it says permission denied or "unable to find any JVM versions matching 1.6.0_45"Â
Could that mean I don't have version 6u45 available to me period?
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MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2012), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
I just bought a slightly used 2011 MBP MD313LL/A that has Lion installed. This is my first macbook (I have an iMac) I need to take Lion off and install Snow Leopard to be compatible with my current software. Any suggestions to the safest way to do this? I will be installing VmFusion 4 to run my Windows XP.
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MacBook Pro, 13.3" Macbook Pro MD313LL/A-4GB/750
My macbook is very sow since I installed Lion, what can I do?
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MacBook
Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.1)
Since I installed Lion my macbook pro keeps locking up.
Info:MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
Even though I purchased Lion last summer and it is running on my new Macbook Pro, when I try to re-install, the App Store says this version can't be installed on my computer. How many versions of Lion are there?
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
What I ant to do is copy everything from my desktop (MacPro) running snow leopard to my laptop currently running lion (macbook Pro). I tried migration assistant but everything looks the same. I have hardly any space left so it did transfer but no idea where or how to combine.
Can i wipe it and start over and copy all files and apps from desktop?
Info:MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
why isn't iDVD installed on my Lion system
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Early 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
I have installed an the old xcode tools 1.0 on mainly by Accident on Lion. Now a lot of commands causes the error "the PowerPC architecture is no longer supported." A lot of programms are now buggy... Is there a way to fix that and uninstall the package?
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MacBook
Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
If I have OS 10.6 installed on an external drive, can I start up from the external drive if I have 10.7 installed on my macbook pro?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.2)
