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Download Of All Mac Os X Versions

Just because you’re running the latest version of OS X doesn’t mean that you can’t downgrade to older versions. Here’s how and where to download older OS X versions for your Mac.

We’ve discussed how to downgrade to older versions of OS X on our sister site Gotta Be Mobile, but we’ve really only covered how to downgrade to the previous version, rather than older versions that might be a few years old.

It is possible to downgrade OS X to an older version that’s even older than the previous version of your current operating system on your Mac.

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Download: Free: Mac OS X 10.1 (Puma) G3: 128 MB-$129: Mac OS X 10.0.x 10.0.1 - 10.0.4: G3: 64 MB: 10.0: 2001-Free: Mac OS X 10.0 (Cheetah) G3: 64 MB-$129: Mac OS 9.2.2 (LU1) G3: 32 MB-Free: Mac OS 9.2.1 (Limelight) G3: 32 MB: 9.1 - 9.2: -Free: Mac OS 9.2 (Moonlight) G3: 32 MB-Machine. Easily check which versions of mac OS, iOS, iPadOS, or watchOS are compatible with your Mac model or iDevice. Guide includes OS X 10.8.x to macOS 11.0.x. How to download an old version of Mac OS X. As long as you have not installed Mojave (more on that below) you will be able to find older versions of Mac OS X (and macOS) under the Purchased tab in the Mac App Store – assuming you ‘purchased’ them (not that anyone has had to actually pay for a Mac OS X update for years).

However, it’s important to note that not all OS X versions ever made are still available, and not all of the available OS X versions are free, unless you already have a copy of one.

I own old versions of Mac OS X, Mountain Lion in particular. The old versions are listed in the 'Purchases' list within App Store app on my Mac. But when I hit the 'Download' button a message appears refusing to start the download because my MacBook Pro is too new and does not support that OS. Other Questions are similar to this but not quite the same. Bear in mind that not all versions of macOS or OS X can be downloaded this way, and some versions are only compatible with certain Mac hardware. The installation file will download to your Mac.

Of course, there are many reasons why you might want to downgrade to an older version of OS X. It would most likely be due to performance issues, as an older Mac could have problems running the latest version of OS X, so downgrading to an older version could help with that.

If you’re in that boat and are wanting to move your Mac to an older version of OS X, here’s how to download older OS X versions.

OS X Yosemite

The only old version of OS X that’s available for free and as a digital download is OS X Yosemite, which is the previous version before OS X El Capitan.

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If your Mac ran OS X Yosemite at any point in the past, you can re-download it from the Mac App Store.

To do this, open up the App Store on your Mac, which can be found in the Applications folder. From there, click on the Purchased tab at the top and then find OS X Yosemite in the list.

To the right of it, click on Download to begin downloading it to your Mac. The downloaded file will be placed in the Applications folder, but you can move it anywhere on your Mac, even to an external hard drive or flash drive.

Older OS X Versions

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If you want download an even older version of OS X that’s older than OS X Yosemite, there are a few versions available from Apple.

Unfortunately, OS X Mavericks is unavailable, but OS X Mountain Lion, OS X Lion, and OS X Snow Leopard are all available.

However, the only caveat is that they cost $20 each and must be purchased in disc form on Apple’s website. The good news is that free shipping is available.

All three of these OS X versions costed $20 when they first released, and it looks like Apple isn’t backing down from that price, even after several years, but that’s still a rather small price to pay to get an older version of OS X that you’ve desperately been wanting.

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With the disc versions, you’ll obviously need a disc drive in order to use them and install that version of OS X on your computer. Of course, all computers that support the older versions most likely already have disc drives anyway.

Keep in mind that Apple doesn’t recommend installing older versions of OS X on newer Macs. In other words, if you own a Mac that came out well after OS X Lion’s reign, it’s not recommended to install that version on your Mac, as you could come across several incompatibilities. It’s possible, but not without some caveats.

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With that said, it’s better to stick with the oldest version that your Mac can officially support. For instance, my late-2013 laptop was released around the time that OS X Mavericks was released, so it wouldn’t be a good idea to try and install OS X Mountain Lion on it, but rather OS X Mavericks. However, since Mavericks is no longer available, OS X Yosemite would be the oldest available version that I could download.

Download Older Mac Os X Versions

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