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How do I uninstall Catalina? Get back to Mohave?

How do I uninstall Catalina?

Posted on Jan 24, 2021 9:17 AM

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Posted on Jan 24, 2021 9:31 AM

Vulgamore Said:

"How do I uninstall Catalina? Get back to Mohave?"

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Downgrading:

What is the model of your Mac? If it came with Catalina or after then no, you cannot downgrade to Mojave.

Restore from a Backup:

Have you recently created a backup of your Mac prior to upgrading to Catalina? if so, restore from the backup. If not, then take this as a learning experience, knowing to always backup your Mac, prior making any major change to your device, such as an upgrade.

If No Backup Exists:

If you have no pre-Catalina backup of you Mac, then you would:

Backup: you Mac
Boot: into Recovery Mode [Hold Down command + R] upon boot
Erase: the hard rive
Install: Mojave with a USB Bootable Installer
Migrate: data from Time Machine Backup created in Step 1

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Jan 24, 2021 9:31 AM in response to Vulgamore

Vulgamore Said:

"How do I uninstall Catalina? Get back to Mohave?"

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Downgrading:

What is the model of your Mac? If it came with Catalina or after then no, you cannot downgrade to Mojave.

Restore from a Backup:

Have you recently created a backup of your Mac prior to upgrading to Catalina? if so, restore from the backup. If not, then take this as a learning experience, knowing to always backup your Mac, prior making any major change to your device, such as an upgrade.

If No Backup Exists:

If you have no pre-Catalina backup of you Mac, then you would:

Backup: you Mac
Boot: into Recovery Mode [Hold Down command + R] upon boot
Erase: the hard rive
Install: Mojave with a USB Bootable Installer
Migrate: data from Time Machine Backup created in Step 1

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