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HOw to degrade macbook from sierra to mac osx

My laptop is too slow with sierra and i want to degrade it with cds provided with it.

MacBook, iOS 6, S.no. W80030mk8pw

Posted on Mar 4, 2018 10:26 PM

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Posted on Mar 5, 2018 2:25 AM

Not sure why you are posting here.. do you have Time Machine backup on a Time Capsule?


What version OS is on the CD? It must be pretty old, like right back to Snow Leopard ??


You would do better going back usually to Mountain Lion or Yosemite. If you have a Time Machine backup you have not overwritten with Sierra you could use that to downgrade.


If you don't care about your old files.. just put the DVD into the drive and boot the Mac holding down the option key.. select DVD drive and follow the instructions. You will need to wipe the drive using airport utility to remove existing OS.

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Mar 5, 2018 2:25 AM in response to Amrit lal arora

Not sure why you are posting here.. do you have Time Machine backup on a Time Capsule?


What version OS is on the CD? It must be pretty old, like right back to Snow Leopard ??


You would do better going back usually to Mountain Lion or Yosemite. If you have a Time Machine backup you have not overwritten with Sierra you could use that to downgrade.


If you don't care about your old files.. just put the DVD into the drive and boot the Mac holding down the option key.. select DVD drive and follow the instructions. You will need to wipe the drive using airport utility to remove existing OS.

HOw to degrade macbook from sierra to mac osx

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