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How to get back my old OS X 10.8.5 Mountain Lion?
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<blockquote data-quote="RadDave" data-source="post: 1630088" data-attributes="member: 234411"><p>@ Lee - do you have any type of backup from your previous OS X installation, whatever the version? Time Machine is built-in and easy to use and many of us also have a program (Carbon Copy Cloner one popular recommendation) that creates a 'bootable clone' on an external HD - this would have allowed you to simply boot and restore your old installation exactly and in a matter of minutes.</p><p></p><p>NOW, in the absence of any backup and before you try to revert back to an older OS X, try to copy your important data to an external HD or USB flash drives. Once you successfully return to the previous operating system, you will then need to reload all of your old programs and then hopefully their backed up data - good luck. Dave <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RadDave, post: 1630088, member: 234411"] @ Lee - do you have any type of backup from your previous OS X installation, whatever the version? Time Machine is built-in and easy to use and many of us also have a program (Carbon Copy Cloner one popular recommendation) that creates a 'bootable clone' on an external HD - this would have allowed you to simply boot and restore your old installation exactly and in a matter of minutes. NOW, in the absence of any backup and before you try to revert back to an older OS X, try to copy your important data to an external HD or USB flash drives. Once you successfully return to the previous operating system, you will then need to reload all of your old programs and then hopefully their backed up data - good luck. Dave :) [/QUOTE]
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