Can I downgrade my Mac to Mac OS X 10.8?
I have a spare MacBook Pro 2012, and it runs OS X 10.14. I would want to downgrade it to OS X 10.8 because it is so so slow. Could I download a DMG online and download it?
iPhone XS
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I have a spare MacBook Pro 2012, and it runs OS X 10.14. I would want to downgrade it to OS X 10.8 because it is so so slow. Could I download a DMG online and download it?
iPhone XS
it is so slow because it does not have enough RAM memory (or its disk is dying). El Capitan needs a minimum of 6GB for appropriately-responsive operation.
That MacBook Pro can accept up to an 8GB DIMM is each of its two slots, and can be upgraded by the each DIMM to a maximum of 16GB. with 6GB or more, it should not seem slow.
Downgrading to an old, unsupported version does not provide Security Updates. A version 10.9.5 or older has no access to internet httpS: sites, which is including more and more sites these days, It will be almost unusable on 10.8.
it is so slow because it does not have enough RAM memory (or its disk is dying). El Capitan needs a minimum of 6GB for appropriately-responsive operation.
That MacBook Pro can accept up to an 8GB DIMM is each of its two slots, and can be upgraded by the each DIMM to a maximum of 16GB. with 6GB or more, it should not seem slow.
Downgrading to an old, unsupported version does not provide Security Updates. A version 10.9.5 or older has no access to internet httpS: sites, which is including more and more sites these days, It will be almost unusable on 10.8.
But a business boss still uses an iPhone 3G.
A solid state drive will produce the most cost effective performance increases. While Mojave works with hard drives, it's optimized for SSDs.
Secure Socket Layer (SSL):
SSL 3.0 [its last version] was deprecated in June 2015
Browsers not updated since then cannot do much Web Surfing these days.
The OP is a long-term troll, going back several years.
Can I downgrade my Mac to Mac OS X 10.8?