[X4U] switching back to panther from tiger

[Fabian Fang]

On Feb 18, 2006, at 1:25 PM, Judy Antipin wrote:

> I put tiger on my quicksilver G4, which is partitioned, and ended  
> up with really slow performance, I think because my system  
> partition is only 8 gigs.
>
> I've decided to just go back to panther - I don't have the time to  
> back up the other partitions and resize - plus I'm hoping to get  
> one of the new intel machines when I get my tax return.
>
> Do I need to wipe the partition that has tiger, or is there a way I  
> can install panther 'over' it, I've had Tiger for a couple of  
> months now, will I have any trouble swapping in my current user  
> folder over the default panther one? In other words, will panther  
> have trouble seeing a user folder generated by Tiger.
>
> If anyone else has been through this, any tips appreciated.

Check out the Apple Support document on "Mac OS X: How to reinstall a  
prior version":

<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25404>