Which method should I use to downgrade to macOS Mojave?

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Which method should I use to downgrade to macOS Mojave?

Because of the new Catalina update, where it no longer supports 32Bit, it has caused my MacBook to no longer work with specific softwares.

I have emailed the software companies and they advised me to just downgrade to macOS Mojave so I can still use their softwares and plugins, as there is no future with Apple supporting 32Bit.

Now, I have been following this YouTube video to backup and downgrade my MacBook, however I am unsure if I need to use the Terminal commands to download OS Mojave rather than downloading OSMojave from the App Store. Could someone please look at the video and explain to me the difference as I really do not want to ruin my MacBook.

Thank you

Downgrade Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcBdwDjPSMU

Mojave on App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/macos-mojave/id1398502828?ls=1&mt=12

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jun 18, 2020 5:46 PM

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Answer 1

dialabrain

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Jun 25, 2020 6:59 PM in response to fayme209

fayme209 wrote:

Here on Step 2, it says to download MacOS Mojave on the App Store but when I click on the link that is the tutorial on how to create a bootable drive, it tells me to download it from the Terminal.

That's not what it says. It says in order to make a bootable installer you will have to use the Terminal, or DiskMaker X.

See this link on how to create a USB bootable installer.

How to create a bootable installer for macOS - Apple Support

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fayme209 Author

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Jun 25, 2020 9:08 PM in response to dialabrain

I am following the tutorial however, do i put the format as APFS or Mac OS (Journaled). it was first on Mac OS Journaled but the video says APFS and the other tutorial says the latter. what would you advise?

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fayme209 Author

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Jun 25, 2020 6:31 PM in response to dialabrain

It literally says to download MacOS Mojave from appstore and then use a terminal command to download it again to make it an external bootable installer drive. So which one do I use? i download it twice? or what?

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dialabrain

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Jun 18, 2020 7:03 PM in response to fayme209

This is a comprehensive explanation on how to downgrade.

https://www.imore.com/how-downgrade-macos

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fayme209 Author

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Jun 25, 2020 6:55 PM in response to dialabrain

Here on Step 2, it says to download MacOS Mojave on the App Store but when I click on the link that is the tutorial on how to create a bootable drive, it tells me to download it from the Terminal.

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Jun 18, 2020 5:48 PM in response to fayme209

Do you happen to have a Time Machine backup? The easiest way is to boot up to recovery and restore from a Time Machine backup that was made while running Mojave.

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