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Q: Un-install Yosemite.

During the last Security Update the process installed Yosemite too. Now my old iMac is too slow to use. Can I un-install Yosemite? Go back to the previous OS X?

iMac, Yosemite

Posted on Aug 10, 2016 1:21 PM

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Q: Un-install Yosemite.

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  • by John Galt,

    John Galt John Galt Aug 10, 2016 1:49 PM in response to bbnoonan
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    Aug 10, 2016 1:49 PM in response to bbnoonan

    If you created a Time Machine backup, use it: Use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac - Apple Support.

     

    If you did not create a Time Machine backup, do that now.

     

    The only practicable way to "undo" a OS X upgrade is to restore your Mac from a backup created prior to upgrading. Otherwise, your options are limited to erasing the Mac completely, followed by re-installing a previous version of OS X such as its originally installed one, followed by upgrading to the OS X version you would prefer to use (assuming that's a later version), and finally migrating your content from a backup.

     

    Having said that, you would be better off fixing what's wrong with your Mac: describe what's slow, and when it's slow. Find out if the same performance degradation occurs while running in "Safe Mode": Try safe mode if your Mac doesn't finish starting up - Apple Support.

     

    Nearly all performance-related concerns coinciding with recent OS X upgrades have been due to the presence of outdated, poorly supported, or ill-conceived software that should never have been installed to begin with. There is almost never any justification for retaining a superseded operating system.

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Aug 11, 2016 11:51 AM in response to bbnoonan
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    Aug 11, 2016 11:51 AM in response to bbnoonan

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