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Don't like Mountain Lion, Can I roll back to "Snow Cat" ??

Oct 26, 2012 7:49AM PDT

The iMac is my wifes'. I know what to do with Windows, but can't fix this. The iMac was new in 2007, came out with Tiger OS. In 2009 we upgraded to Snow Leopard. It ran fine. Couple of months ago, We upgraded to Mountain Lion. She has never liked it. We still have the DVD for Snow Leopard. If it was a p.c. I would just DBan and re- install the OS of her choice. The QUESTION is ... can I use this DVD and re- install Snow leopard? Thanx in advance

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Back up everything you need to save and then
Oct 28, 2012 8:29AM PDT

Boot from the Tiger disks that came with the Mac.
Do a format and install.
When done, create the admin account, reboot and upgrade to Snow Leopard

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Oct 29, 2012 12:54AM PDT

Thank you mrmac. I felt that might work, but wanted expert assurance. again, thank you.