I just bought a new mac, but mountain lion is incompatible with most professional DAWs for recording, and I need to get back to Lion. How can I do this without spending money DOWNGRADING?
MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2), 2012 Macbook Pro
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If the Mac came with Mountain Lion, you can't downgrade to Lion, so you have to use Mountain Lion. Check if there are newer versions of the applications you must use, or return your Mac and buy and old one with OS X Lion
It is unlikely the computer can even boot from Lion. Mountain Lion would be required due to the hardware support requirements.
So in my case, I am upgrading to Mountain Lion, from an older Mac. if I am not happy with the upgrade, I can go back to Lion? Thanks in advance
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thanks a million
I have resigned myself to the fact that I will lose some of my older apps on my main computer, however I have them all on an older computer. So, is this software compatibility statement still holds true for the new update version of Mountain Lion.
These app types will work, in the KIND tab, the oones that say
Intel
Universal
This is not an adequate solution. I purchased the Mac FOR recording with the latest version of ProTools 10, and was under the understanding from the Apple associate I purchased the machine from that this machine upgrade from my former OS X 10.3 would be for the best.
I find it unlikely that the latest products from Apple would be completely uncompatible with the professional recording industry standard without any sort of downgrade workaround at least for a 6 months while Avid gets their software up to par.
Software upgrading is not an option at this time, and if this were the only solution, I'm confident that Avid, as the industry leading standard in audio, would have a compatible update by now that would enable stable use of the latest Apple products if no workaround existed.
I have an appointment at a store today, and we'll have to see what they come up with for me.
This is not an adequate solution. I purchased the Mac FOR recording with the latest version of ProTools 10, and was under the understanding from the Apple associate I purchased the machine from that this machine upgrade from my former OS X 10.3 would be for the best.
I find it unlikely that the latest products from Apple would be completely uncompatible with the professional recording industry standard without any sort of downgrade workaround at least for a 6 months while Avid gets their software up to par.
Software upgrading is not an option at this time, and if this were the only solution, I'm confident that Avid, as the industry leading standard in audio, would have a compatible update by now that would enable stable use of the latest Apple products if no workaround existed.
I have an appointment at a store today, and we'll have to see what they come up with for me.
Downgrade to OS X Lion
