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Cannot restore from time machine after downgrading from Mojave to High Sierra

Hello. This is my first post so I may not have posted to the correct place.

I have an iMac late 2013 model, Intel i5, 8gb ram

I have successfully downgraded from Mojave to High Sierra 10.14.6. My problem is that I cannot restore specific files from my time machine backup (which was backing up on the previous Mojave OS) to the new operating system (High Sierra). I enter time machine and the 'restore' button is greyed out.

Secondly, I tried to restore time machine through the recovery mode command + r on startup and it also would not allow me to restore. Have I lost all my data or is there a way for it to work on High Sierra?

iMac 21.5", macOS 10.13

Posted on Feb 22, 2020 6:12 PM

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The_Knowledge_Seeker

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Posted on Feb 23, 2020 4:49 AM

You can probability recover your files manually by opening the Time Machine drive in Finder and drilling down to the backup you need; then drag (copy) the files back to their correct locations on your main drive.

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