Help ! Can't downgrade from Mavericks to Mountain lion :(

mbpkid · Oct 24, 2013

Yesterday I tried to downgrade to mountain lion from maverics but it doesnt work !! i have mountain lion on my sd card as boot drive and when i try to use it, my screen shows a circle with a cross in it. also i erased my hard drive in disk utility before i did it. i also saw something else on disk utility that had the osx maverick on it but the option to erase that was greyed out. is it because i have fusion drive and the hdd is seperate? i dont know ! but that part wasnt erasable and ya

i really need help badly ! i am so sad . back when i had mountain lion ,, everything worked PERFECTLY. after getting mavericks , i want to kill myself because my computer keeps randomly lagging when i am browsing files in finder and the worst part is it keeps lagging in photoshop and its driving me crazy because i work in it all day ! someone have a solution please?!?! ahhhh

i reallly want mountain lion back , i tried to be okay with mavericks but just cant !!!!!!!

RedRaven571 · Oct 24, 2013

Do you have a backup before Mavericks was installed? If so erase Mavericks, reinstall ML then import your stuff from backup with Migration Assist.ant

HenryDJP · Oct 24, 2013

mbpkid said:
Yesterday I tried to downgrade to mountain lion from maverics but it doesnt work !! i have mountain lion on my sd card as boot drive and when i try to use it, my screen shows a circle with a cross in it. also i erased my hard drive in disk utility before i did it. i also saw something else on disk utility that had the osx maverick on it but the option to erase that was greyed out. is it because i have fusion drive and the hdd is seperate? i dont know ! but that part wasnt erasable and ya

i really need help badly ! i am so sad . back when i had mountain lion ,, everything worked PERFECTLY. after getting mavericks , i want to kill myself because my computer keeps randomly lagging when i am browsing files in finder and the worst part is it keeps lagging in photoshop and its driving me crazy because i work in it all day ! someone have a solution please?!?! ahhhh

i reallly want mountain lion back , i tried to be okay with mavericks but just cant !!!!!!!

LMAO, sorry for laughing but things in life could certainly be worse than your computer not being perfect to a point of you making that statement whether or rhetorical or not.

I was just about to hit the UPGRADE button when I felt that I might experience instability. People will tell you that it's unnecessary to do a full erase and install but that might be your solution, unless your Mac is just too old for Mavericks to run perfectly or your ram is limited. I've decided to do a full erase and install. I always do anyway and I end up with smooth performance every time.

mbpkid · Oct 24, 2013

I dont have a backup from before

I updated when I saw mavericks on the app store

i never knew things could get this bad ahhh

it is very bad for me because I use photoshop for 10 hours everyday and it freezes every 5 seconds which drives me crazy and breaks my focus when I am digital painting ahhhh

I seriously want to cry a river man. I cant work in peace ! and i cant figure out how to get mountain lion back ! thats all i want !
some one please help me !!!

i tried to do a clean install, and it wouldnt let me use my mountain lion boot drive on my sd card. i erased my hdd before i tried too

Princejb134 · Oct 24, 2013

mbpkid said:
Yesterday I tried to downgrade to mountain lion from maverics but it doesnt work !! i have mountain lion on my sd card as boot drive and when i try to use it, my screen shows a circle with a cross in it. also i erased my hard drive in disk utility before i did it. i also saw something else on disk utility that had the osx maverick on it but the option to erase that was greyed out. is it because i have fusion drive and the hdd is seperate? i dont know ! but that part wasnt erasable and ya

i really need help badly ! i am so sad . back when i had mountain lion ,, everything worked PERFECTLY. after getting mavericks , i want to kill myself because my computer keeps randomly lagging when i am browsing files in finder and the worst part is it keeps lagging in photoshop and its driving me crazy because i work in it all day ! someone have a solution please?!?! ahhhh

i reallly want mountain lion back , i tried to be okay with mavericks but just cant !!!!!!!

Go to power saver in settings and uncheck turn off hard drive when not in use. It should fix the lag issues. I had the same lag problem it was very annoying

Apple_Robert · Oct 24, 2013

mbpkid said:
I dont have a backup from before

I updated when I saw mavericks on the app store

i never knew things could get this bad ahhh

it is very bad for me because I use photoshop for 10 hours everyday and it freezes every 5 seconds which drives me crazy and breaks my focus when I am digital painting ahhhh

I seriously want to cry a river man. I cant work in peace ! and i cant figure out how to get mountain lion back ! thats all i want !
some one please help me !!!

i tried to do a clean install, and it wouldnt let me use my mountain lion boot drive on my sd card. i erased my hdd before i tried too

Have you tried internet Recovery?

nostresshere · Oct 24, 2013

mbpkid said:
I dont have a backup from before

I updated when I saw mavericks on the app store

i never knew things could get this bad ahhh

it is very bad for me because I use photoshop for 10 hours everyday...

You do 10 hours a day of photoshop and you trusted a new release?

You do 10 hours a day of photoshop and did not back up? I would assume you back up daily with that much effort into it.

I do feel for you, but... come on.

mbpkid · Oct 24, 2013

ya i have the power saver option already unchecked

also does internet recovery allow me to get mountain lion?
because when I tried that, i think it only showed mavericks

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nostresshere said:
You do 10 hours a day of photoshop and you trusted a new release?

You do 10 hours a day of photoshop and did not back up? I would assume you back up daily with that much effort into it.

I do feel for you, but... come on.

i know man im stupid
i thought the worst it could be would be like when i got mountain lion when it was just released , it wasnt as bad as this

i was just thinking oh apple couldnt have done anything that could be that bad

ahhhhh

Apple_Robert · Oct 24, 2013

mbpkid said:
ya i have the power saver option already unchecked

also does internet recovery allow me to get mountain lion?
because when I tried that, i think it only showed mavericks

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i know man im stupid
i thought the worst it could be would be like when i got mountain lion when it was just released , it wasnt as bad as this

i was just thinking oh apple couldnt have done anything that could be that bad

ahhhhh

The Command - R option on boot up only showed Mavericks, and not the OS that your system came with?

mbpkid · Oct 24, 2013

hm i cant remember if i tried cmd opt R
i think i may have only tried cmd R

is there a difference with the two?

i think i will try that

Apple_Robert · Oct 24, 2013

mbpkid said:
hm i cant remember if i tried cmd opt R
i think i may have only tried cmd R

is there a difference with the two?

i think i will try that

Yes, there is a difference.

Cmd-opt-r will start the recovery utility from the internet, and reinstall the OS version your Mac shipped with.

mbpkid · Oct 24, 2013

okay well im going to go try this now and if it works , IM GOING TO BE SO DAMN HAPPY AND NEVER UPDATE AGAIN

wish me luck

mbpkid · Oct 24, 2013

OMG YOU GUS IT WORKS!

Omfg I thought i would never get my dearly beloved mountain lion again omg
I shall never ever leave you again
The last remains of Steve jobs perfection !
Is mine again
Bwahahhaha

But for real thank u guys so much I'm seriously bursting of joy right now
I never realized how amazing my computer was before since I never had any problems

SO FREAKING HAPY

squeakr · Oct 24, 2013

Looks like you are still having issues. Your keyboard is dropping letters now!!

serine · Oct 25, 2013

I have the same issue, regarding downloading Mavericks and wanting to switch to mountain lion. I did all the steps: doing command, option, and r. However when I get to the part where it says to select a disk, there is only one and its not letting me click on it saying that it cant install because the disc is already updated to a new installer or something" please help how can I change that, and download mountain lion?

squeakr · Oct 25, 2013

serine said:
I have the same issue, regarding downloading Mavericks and wanting to switch to mountain lion. I did all the steps: doing command, option, and r. However when I get to the part where it says to select a disk, there is only one and its not letting me click on it saying that it cant install because the disc is already updated to a new installer or something" please help how can I change that, and download mountain lion?

If your computer is new enough to have the efi update that allows it to recover from internet without a recovery partition, when you get to that point to install and it won't let you select the disk, you can back out slightly and go into disk utility and erase and reset the partition of the disk and then go back into the installer and you should get the option then to choose that disk.

arprsty · Nov 4, 2013

mbpkid said:
OMG YOU GUS IT WORKS!

But for real thank u guys so much I'm seriously bursting of joy right now
I never realized how amazing my computer was before since I never had any problems

SO FREAKING HAPY

Conratulations,
i have the same problem, and i will do the same trick
but i have a question: after succesfully recover to Mountain Lyon, what happen to your file? is it gone?

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