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revert to Mavericks without TIme Machine backup

I made the mistake of upgrading to Yosemite while a program that I need to use is not supported and won't ever be.


I did this without a Time Machine back up.


I want to revert to Mavericks without having to wipe the entire drive - I have a separate HD with Mavericks installed so I can boot from that - If I simply try to install over the Yosemite drive will it keep data, such as prefs and etc from the Yosemite system drive? or do I have to do a clean install?

Mac, Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Posted on Mar 19, 2015 6:36 PM

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Mar 19, 2015 6:43 PM in response to pfflam

No. You need to first erase the drive then install Mavericks. Try backing up your files (Home folder) somewhere. Boot from your Mavericks drive. From it use Disk Utility to erase your Yosemite drive. Clone the Mavericks drive to the drive you just erased. Now restore your data from the backup you made.


Of course if your Mavericks drive also has a current copy of your Home folder from the Yosemite computer, then all you need to do is boot from it, erase the Yosemite drive, clone the Mavericks drive and you're done.

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