Catalina Breaks all apps

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Catalina Breaks all apps

Catalina beware! After upgrading to Catalina, almost all of the apps that I was using daily no longer work. Over 50% of my purchased apps are NOT COMPATIBLE with Catalina. What a horror show. DO NOT install unless you are willing to lose all of your apps! Apple should have issued a BOLD warning to not install unless you understand that none of your apps will work. Additionally, you can' even find replacement apps to buy, as nothing is compatible with Catalina. How do I downgrade myOS?

MacBook Air

Posted on Oct 10, 2019 5:36 AM

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Answer 1

dialabrain

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Oct 10, 2019 5:42 AM in response to Theolympicref

There was in fact warnings that no 32bit will work in Catalina for months.

In any case, you can restore from your Time Machine backup.

Restore your Mac from a backup - Apple Support

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Answer 2

Oct 10, 2019 8:17 AM in response to Theolympicref

Theolympicref wrote:

Once you upgrade, you can't downgrade the OS. Insane that even programs like Adobe Acrobat don't work anymore. Nice upgrade Apple!

Why is it Apple's fault if third party app developers abandoned their old apps and refuse to upgrade them to 64 bit? Apple users were provided repeated warnings about upgrading if they were using 32 bit apps and yet you still upgraded to a 64 bit only operating system.

You can restore to your previous operating system from your backup.

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Answer 3

Nov 8, 2019 12:47 PM in response to Theolympicref

Theolympicref wrote:

From your reply, one might think that you know what you are talking about. However, have you ever downgraded from Catalina from a backup? I went to the Genius Bar and found that it can't be done that way. If you have done this, share your great wisdom.

Apple seems to think it's possible:

Revert your Mac to a previous macOS version - Apple Support

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Answer 4

dialabrain

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Oct 10, 2019 5:54 AM in response to Theolympicref

Of course you can downgrade from your backup you made before installing Catalina as instructed.

FWIW, this is a users forum. Apple is not here.

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Answer 5

Oct 12, 2019 7:05 PM in response to Beta216

Apple has been warning about the dropping of support for apps coded with 32 bits.

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jmwlmsn

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Nov 8, 2019 12:21 PM in response to Theolympicref

Agree 100%.

Imac so slow it isn't worth using after Catalina installed. Newish HP printer won't upgrade to catalina. Adobe Acrobat won't reinstall to work ("damaged"); MS word and excel for Mac apps no longer function. Photos incredibly backward and slow. Everything needs to be forced to quit. When you shut down, it restarts. Which takes a year.

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Answer 7

Nov 8, 2019 12:33 PM in response to dialabrain

From your reply, one might think that you know what you are talking about. However, have you ever downgraded from Catalina from a backup? I went to the Genius Bar and found that it can't be done that way. If you have done this, share your great wisdom.

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Answer 8

Nov 8, 2019 12:54 PM in response to IdrisSeabright

Guess what? It isn't possible to do it this way. The genius people at Apple said that this method doesn't not work rolling back from Catalina. As I asked you before, have you ever done it or are you just repeating what you read? I lived it, you apparently did not. Keep reading and repeating what you read.

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