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Mavericks slowed my Mac
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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 1546440" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>I'll repeat in more clear terms. The problem you have stated is not a problem of Mavericks, it is a problem that will not go away by installing ML nor even 10.6 over the top of 10.9.</p><p></p><p>No, you cannot downgrade by "simply" downloading and installing a lower version of OS X.</p><p>You would need to do a clean install which involves:</p><p></p><p>Download 10.8 - I have no idea if it is still available for sale in the App store or not and can't tell here since it shows up for me in my Purchased items.</p><p>You'll need to get a 8 GB flash drive</p><p>Download Lion Diskmaker and use it to create an installation disk of 10.8 on the flash drive.</p><p>Backup your computer with Time Machine or Carbon CopyCloner (Hopefully, you already have one of these backups)</p><p>Then, boot the machine with the flash drive - repartition the hard drive in your MBP - which will delete all data from it</p><p>Then install ML</p><p>At the end of the installation it asks if you want to restore your machine from another and you would answer yes and restore at that point from the backup you made previously.</p><p></p><p>The above would result in a faster machine because the system files would now be at the beginning of the drive. However, if you cannot get that drive up to 25% free space and keep it there, you will experience it slowing down and it won't take long if you are working on large project files.</p><p></p><p>You would get the same result by doing the above with Mavericks.</p><p>You could get about the same result by defragging the drive with iDefrag.</p><p></p><p>You should have a fast running machine, but you won't get there and keep it there unless you can keep a larger percentage of free space on the drive. I'm guessing you have a large amount of business files you need on your machine. Hence, my suggestion for a larger drive.</p><p></p><p>That MBP shipped with a 750 GB drive. Do you have a Windows partition or something using the other 250 GB? Do you need it?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 1546440, member: 24160"] I'll repeat in more clear terms. The problem you have stated is not a problem of Mavericks, it is a problem that will not go away by installing ML nor even 10.6 over the top of 10.9. No, you cannot downgrade by "simply" downloading and installing a lower version of OS X. You would need to do a clean install which involves: Download 10.8 - I have no idea if it is still available for sale in the App store or not and can't tell here since it shows up for me in my Purchased items. You'll need to get a 8 GB flash drive Download Lion Diskmaker and use it to create an installation disk of 10.8 on the flash drive. Backup your computer with Time Machine or Carbon CopyCloner (Hopefully, you already have one of these backups) Then, boot the machine with the flash drive - repartition the hard drive in your MBP - which will delete all data from it Then install ML At the end of the installation it asks if you want to restore your machine from another and you would answer yes and restore at that point from the backup you made previously. The above would result in a faster machine because the system files would now be at the beginning of the drive. However, if you cannot get that drive up to 25% free space and keep it there, you will experience it slowing down and it won't take long if you are working on large project files. You would get the same result by doing the above with Mavericks. You could get about the same result by defragging the drive with iDefrag. You should have a fast running machine, but you won't get there and keep it there unless you can keep a larger percentage of free space on the drive. I'm guessing you have a large amount of business files you need on your machine. Hence, my suggestion for a larger drive. That MBP shipped with a 750 GB drive. Do you have a Windows partition or something using the other 250 GB? Do you need it? [/QUOTE]
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