uninstall Catalina
Can I uninstall Catalina and go back to Mojave?
iMac Line (2012 and Later)
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Can I uninstall Catalina and go back to Mojave?
iMac Line (2012 and Later)
How to create a bootable installer for macOS and choose Mojave
Special Notation - this should work but Only on Intel Based Apple Computers
Extra Special Notation regarding the Touch ID equipped Apple Computer. About Startup Security Utility and Must Enable from Recovery Mode the ability to boot from External Drive Before Attempting
Shutdown computer and disconnect all external drive Except the newly created Bootable Installer. Restart and immediately hold the OPTION key until the Startup Manager appears and choose the USB Drive. It will present options >> Disk Utilities >> View >> View ALL attached Drives. Choose the Upper Most Drive ( not the volumes indented and list below ). The drive normally is called Apple Media of Apple SSD - that is the drive to Erase and format as APFS with the GUID Partition Map. Once that is done >> backup out of Disk Utilities and choose install macOS. Follow the prompts and it may automatically reboot several time. Upon a final reboot - Setup Assist will present with the newer version of macOS.
How to create a bootable installer for macOS and choose Mojave
Special Notation - this should work but Only on Intel Based Apple Computers
Extra Special Notation regarding the Touch ID equipped Apple Computer. About Startup Security Utility and Must Enable from Recovery Mode the ability to boot from External Drive Before Attempting
Shutdown computer and disconnect all external drive Except the newly created Bootable Installer. Restart and immediately hold the OPTION key until the Startup Manager appears and choose the USB Drive. It will present options >> Disk Utilities >> View >> View ALL attached Drives. Choose the Upper Most Drive ( not the volumes indented and list below ). The drive normally is called Apple Media of Apple SSD - that is the drive to Erase and format as APFS with the GUID Partition Map. Once that is done >> backup out of Disk Utilities and choose install macOS. Follow the prompts and it may automatically reboot several time. Upon a final reboot - Setup Assist will present with the newer version of macOS.
Snuzevwjet wrote:
Can I uninstall Catalina and go back to Mojave?
Yes—
Revert to previous macOS
https://support.apple.com/en-za/guide/mac-help/mh15216/10.15/mac/10.15
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uninstall Catalina