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Down gradation from macOS Monterey to Big Sur

Hi there. After the upgradation many applications are not opening. I want to downgrade my macOS. I tried to download it from the app store and it's downloading now. Can I make it work without erasing my data?

Posted on Sep 5, 2021 2:18 PM

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Posted on Sep 5, 2021 2:29 PM

There is no downgrade available.


You will need to restore your pre-upgrade backup to revert, or to erase the Mac and clean-install Big Sur.


If there are no pre-upgrade backups and this is an erase-and-reinstall, you’ll then have to manually transfer the documents back from the Monterey environment that have not been altered by the Monterey install and apps. Documents that have been modified may or may not be readable on older versions.


Installing beta software without backups and in production doesn’t always end well.

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Sep 5, 2021 2:29 PM in response to wazirafrasiab722

There is no downgrade available.


You will need to restore your pre-upgrade backup to revert, or to erase the Mac and clean-install Big Sur.


If there are no pre-upgrade backups and this is an erase-and-reinstall, you’ll then have to manually transfer the documents back from the Monterey environment that have not been altered by the Monterey install and apps. Documents that have been modified may or may not be readable on older versions.


Installing beta software without backups and in production doesn’t always end well.

Sep 5, 2021 2:28 PM in response to wazirafrasiab722

wazirafrasiab722 wrote:

Hi there. After the upgradation many applications are not opening. I want to downgrade my macOS. I tried to download it from the app store and it's downloading now. Can I make it work without erasing my data?


Revert to previous macOS

https://support.apple.com/en-za/guide/mac-help/mh15216/10.15/mac/10.15


How To Downgrade macOS Big Sur To Catalina Or Older ...

https://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/downgrade-macos-3581872/



How to downgrade macOS Monterey beta to macOS Big Sur



https://beta.apple.com/sp/betaprogram/unenroll#macos


Down gradation from macOS Monterey to Big Sur

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