Going Back To Snow Leopard from Lion

[Bebetto]

Hi All,

Another quick question, if I decide to go back to Snow LEopard from Lion I can (as I understand it) Wither use my snow leopard disc or do a Time MAchine restore.

Just wondered, can I do this without losing the word docs, video files, photos etc I have on my MacBook.

I would guess if I do a time machine restore I would (It would go back to the way it was) but not sure what would happen if I reboot from the SL disc.

Any advice on how to

a)Get back to Snow Leopard
and
b) Keep all my files/mails/photos/itunes/bookmarks etc as they are will be very helpful

Many thanks Again

Rob

 

[Paradoxally]

First make a backup of your data with TMachine.

Grab your SL disc, format the Mac partition, reinstall SL.

When asked to restore from a TM backup, simply plug in your TM drive. That's all there is to it.

 

[Bebetto]

Thanks

Will that keep my files etc as they are at the moment?

Cheers

 

[Krazy Bill]

The email in Lion is not compatible with Snow Leopard. You'll lose it all. I sent all mine to a gmail account then read it back into SL. (not an easy task if you have 10k+ items.

 

[Bebetto]

Fortunately, I don't get too many mails!!

Useful to know though, thanks Bill