Install Mojave instead of Catalina

D.I. Johnson,

Thanks. I tried searching the Apple support website before posting but apparently I didn't put in the right search string and that's how I ended up at the MacWorld website. Turns out the MacWorld info was exactly the same but what I forgot when I tried it the first time (using the MacWorld instructions) is the command strings in Terminal must be exact. I had all the forward and back slashes correct but I didn't include the critical spaces in the command string. I guess that was a little easier to see when I looked at instructions on the Apple site. At any rate, once I got the command string correct, everything when smoothly, I got Mojave installed and I'm a happy camper. Thanks again

leroydouglas,

Thanks for adding your two cents. I'm trading in my old iMac to Apple. The instructions sent with the return box tell how to save my data, remove all passwords and then erase the hard drive. I did all that and thought I was good. Oops, not quite. If I hadn't decided to do my experiment with Mojave I would not have known that some of my personal data was still on my old computer's hard drive. The critical part left out of the instructions in the box was to delete the Hard Drive - Data volume, those instructions simply say, "select your hard drive volume". I have now followed the more complete instructions on the Apple website (you listed) and am much more confident my old computer is "wiped".