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Q: Downgrading from mountain lion to snow leopard

A few days ago I upgraded from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion.  Long story short, I hate it and want to go back to Snow Leopard.  I don't even care about getting my $20 back.  I just want my machine the way it was before I installed this disaster.  I tried using Time Machine to restore to a previous date, that doesn't work (can't even click on the "Restore" button - nothing happens when I do).  I tried re-installing from the Snow Leopard install disk.  That doesn't work either.  Is there an easy-ish way to do this?  I don't want to have to back up and then erase my whole hard drive, which is what I'm thinking I may have to do.  Is there a better/easier/faster way?  Is it even possible to use the SL installation disk twice??

iMac (20-inch Early 2008), Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Jul 30, 2012 2:46 PM

by BDAqua,Solvedanswer
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No easy way, your only choice without a bootable clone is some install 10.6 again, might require erasing the Disk, then Install Lion again, them pray your backup will restore your info properly.

 

Disappointing to see the direction our OS has taken, isnt it!?

Posted on Jul 30, 2012 3:16 PM

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  • by Nicolebo,

    Nicolebo Nicolebo Aug 7, 2013 4:15 AM in response to Jonathanmoore649
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    Aug 7, 2013 4:15 AM in response to Jonathanmoore649

    I'm just about to try your suggestion... just bought a macbook pro with mountain lion thinking if I restore my back up on to it mountain lion will disappear and snow leopard would overwrite it... not so lucky... have tried to erase it, won't unmount the disk, have tried to create a new partition, disk utility had another excuse why it couldn't.... crossing fingers this will work.... thanks again for the suggestion.

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