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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1618394">OK, if you are afraid of what TM might or might not do, then attach your external drive and copy your home directory, in toto, to that drive.&nbsp; Once that is complete, if there are any of your important files anywhere that are NOT in that directory, copy them, too. Now boot from the recovery partition, format the HD with Disk Utility there and then install Mountain Lion from the Mac App Store. (Big download). When asked, create an account with your same name as before. Now you can install all your applications again (including ProTools) and finally copy back from the external your entire home directory and any other files. That process will take a very long time to complete, so I'd plan on an entire day spend getting it done. Doing it this way will not involve TM, MA or any other product other than Finder. Of course, you will be offered the opportunity to upgrade to Yosemite again, which you can simply decline.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1618394"] OK, if you are afraid of what TM might or might not do, then attach your external drive and copy your home directory, in toto, to that drive. Once that is complete, if there are any of your important files anywhere that are NOT in that directory, copy them, too. Now boot from the recovery partition, format the HD with Disk Utility there and then install Mountain Lion from the Mac App Store. (Big download). When asked, create an account with your same name as before. Now you can install all your applications again (including ProTools) and finally copy back from the external your entire home directory and any other files. That process will take a very long time to complete, so I'd plan on an entire day spend getting it done. Doing it this way will not involve TM, MA or any other product other than Finder. Of course, you will be offered the opportunity to upgrade to Yosemite again, which you can simply decline. [/QUOTE]

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