Restoring back to Mac OSx Lion?

[Pandator]

Hi, i recently converted to Window 8 developers version on my Macbook pro, The problem is, I wish to convert it back to Mac OSx Lion, but i don't know how to do that considering Apple doesn't have recovery disc for their Macbooks anymore, Help?

 

[cwa107]

Turn the machine off, turn it back on and press and hold Command+R. Wait until the Recovery menu pops up. You can then reinstall from there (assuming your hidden recovery partition wasn't wiped by Windows - it shouldn't have been).

 

[cwa107]

More info here:

OS X Lion: About Lion Recovery

 

[Pandator]

More info here:

OS X Lion: About Lion Recovery

I tired that method, and it made my start up froze on the 'Window 8' starting up screen... i started pressing from the moment my computer restarted, the window 8 disc i used to install possibly wiped out the recovery... Any other method i can use?

 

[chscag]

Do a PRAM reset first, and then go ahead and try again. See this Apple KB article: LINK

 

[Pandator]

Do a PRAM reset first, and then go ahead and try again. See this Apple KB article: LINK

Thanks! I just had to reset the PRAM, and everything was fixed!
Thank you so much

 

[cwa107]

Thanks! I just had to reset the PRAM, and everything was fixed!
Thank you so much

Also... if you like to experiment with different operating systems, I would HIGHLY recommend buying virtualization product like VMWare Fusion, Parallels Desktop or VirtualBox. This will allow you to non-destructively install just about any OS you want, without ever needing to modify your system partition.