how to download catalina and get rid of Big sur?
Big Sur has created a big mess for my MacMini and I have to go back to Catalina. How can I do that safely?
Mac mini, macOS 10.15
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Big Sur has created a big mess for my MacMini and I have to go back to Catalina. How can I do that safely?
Mac mini, macOS 10.15
On an Intel-based Mac: If you use Shift-Option-Command-R during startup, you're offered the macOS that came with your Mac, or the closest version still available.
Alternatively, you can restore from a time machine backup that was made while you used Catalina.
The most common method seems to be restoring from a bootable installer. You would first have to create the bootable installer:
https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT201372
And then follow the instructions to reinstall macOS onto your Mac from the bootable installer:
On an Intel-based Mac: If you use Shift-Option-Command-R during startup, you're offered the macOS that came with your Mac, or the closest version still available.
Alternatively, you can restore from a time machine backup that was made while you used Catalina.
The most common method seems to be restoring from a bootable installer. You would first have to create the bootable installer:
https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT201372
And then follow the instructions to reinstall macOS onto your Mac from the bootable installer:
Backup (backup backup backup)
reformat boot disk
Install Catalina from Recovery partition
during setup, when asked if you want to migrate files, point at your backup device
Hope that there were no incompatible file format changes made by Big Sur that would cause a Catalina service to not work correctly
how to download catalina and get rid of Big sur?