how to uninstall maverick

Erase the hard drive then install the previous OS X of your choice. If you have a backup of your previous system, then erase the drive and restore the backup.

Or you can give this a try:

Try these in order testing your system after each to see if it's back to normal:

1. a. Resetting your Mac's PRAM and NVRAM

b. Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)

2. Restart the computer in Safe Mode, then restart again, normally. If this doesn't help, then:

Boot to the Recovery HD: Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the

COMMAND and R keys until the Utilities menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the

computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager

screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.

3. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions: Upon startup select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions as follows.

When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the main menu. Select Restart from the Apple menu.

Reinstall the 10.9.2 update: OS X Mavericks 10.9.2 Update (Combo).

4. Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion, Mavericks: Reboot from the Recovery HD. Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion, Mavericks from the Utilities menu, and click on the Continue button.

Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.

Reinstall the 10.9.2 update: OS X Mavericks 10.9.2 Update (Combo).

I'm with you, brother. Why oh WHY did I let Apple con me into this piece of crap upgrade?

If you look to see how they say to go back? It's impossible for a person like me, who got a Mac because Windows computers seemed harder to use.

SO, I guess I'll just have to go to the wizard, who has these external hard drives, etc., and PAY him get me back to Snow Leopard, or maybe even Mountain Lion so my "legacy" Office will work.

SCLerer wrote:

or maybe even Mountain Lion so my "legacy" Office will work.

Office 2004 doesn't work with Mavericks (or Mountain Lion), Office 2008 and 2011 work on both Mountain Lion and Mavericks.

Which version is your 'Legacy' copy?

Csound 1, You know, I really can't remember. I thought all the cat names were bad, but maybe a wild horse IS an apt avatar for such a destructive operating system. But now that I think of it, it was the previous upgrade, not the Mavericks one, that sank my legacy Office. So I've been having to use Pages and Numbers.

I just HATE to have to relearn software after working years with other software just fine,thank you very much.

Oh, and Kappy? My MacBook was working just FINE until I foolishly "upgraded" to Mavericks.

Yes, it IS bait and switch, because Mavericks is actually a DOWNGRADE, not an upgrade.

Sorry, Mavericks isn't after a horse. Rather it's a surfing location in southern CA.

Your Office 2004 would have died with Lion or later when Apple dropped further support for Rosetta in Snow Leopard.

Office 2011 is no harder to learn than was Office 2004.

Sorry, Kappy, but Mavericks, the surfing location, is in Northern California, not Southern California,

And like Mavericks, the operating system, it's treacherous and deadly for any but the most expert user.

Sorry for the geographic error. 🙂 So, then, being that you first thought it was a treacherous horse, and now a treacherous surf, why did you install it? And, I assume you did not consider the previous set of cats to be treacherous as you used at least two of them?

If all you have to do is come and complain in another user's topic, I'd suggest you take it elsewhere. What you are doing here is called trolling.

Kappy, I ask myself that every SINGLE day.

It's not trolling, either. That terms applies to pretending to be who you aren't. I know Apple reads these messages, and I truly believe that if enough people complain about problems they're having, Apple might be moved to do something about it, lest their reputation be a bit tarnished.

And as I said, I never liked the big cats thing, either. If you'll notice, when you look to see if a piece of software is compatible with an OS, the software developer uses the number, not the big cat/big surf spot name, yet discussions always seem to use the name.

Oh, and if I'm trolling, why are you responding? Don't you know you're not supposed to feed the trolls?

In Internet slang, a troll (/ˈtroʊl/, /ˈtrɒl/) is a person who sows discord on the Internet by starting arguments or upsetting people,^[1] by posting inflammatory,^[2]extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community (such as a forum, chat room, or blog), either accidentally^[3][4] or with the deliberate intent of provoking readers into an emotional response^[5] or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.^[6]

I've responded as an effort to get you to cease. I have also reported your posts to the moderators. It also is bad forum etiquette to post unhelpful or useless remarks that are not helping solve the OP's problem.

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SCLerer wrote:

Csound 1, You know, I really can't remember. I thought all the cat names were bad, but maybe a wild horse IS an apt avatar for such a destructive operating system. But now that I think of it, it was the previous upgrade, not the Mavericks one, that sank my legacy Office. So I've been having to use Pages and Numbers.

I just HATE to have to relearn software after working years with other software just fine,thank you very much.

Then stop upgrading and updating,

You could certainly go back to your previous OS if you want, or we could try to help you fix what's wrong. Here's a reference: How to revert OS X back from Mavericks: Apple Support Communities

Done and done.