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My mac wasn't updated can I fix that?

Some of my apps that I would install needed a version update and now i am stuck on the current version of mac...

Posted on Nov 29, 2021 10:30 PM

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Posted on Nov 29, 2021 10:37 PM

"My mac wasn't updated can I fix that?: Some of my apps that I would install needed a version update and now i am stuck on the current version of mac..."

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Fixing This:

You need to downgrade. There are two options":


A. Restore from a Backup:

Did you create a backup of your Mac prior to upgrading? Is so, then restore from the backup. If not, then take this as a learning experience, knowing to always backup your Mac, prior maiking any major changes to your Mac (i.e. upgrading your MacOS).


or...



B. Install the MacOS Anew, then Migrate:

If you created not backup, then you need to downgrade manually. Contact the Developers, if need be, for a prior version of the macOS you upgraded from. I'm no so certain how long a backup would take, but you'd need to back it up prior to the download, if not backup already exists.

to Reinstall the macOS anew:

You'd backup your Mac, install the previous macOS, and then migrate items back.

  1. Create: a Time Machine Backup using an external Hard Drive
  2. Install: from a USB Installer created for macOS 10.15 Catalina or before
  3. Migrate: items from your TMB
  4. Download then Install: the applications, getting the programs back from the Developers.
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Nov 29, 2021 10:37 PM in response to vladimirnotfound

"My mac wasn't updated can I fix that?: Some of my apps that I would install needed a version update and now i am stuck on the current version of mac..."

-------


Fixing This:

You need to downgrade. There are two options":


A. Restore from a Backup:

Did you create a backup of your Mac prior to upgrading? Is so, then restore from the backup. If not, then take this as a learning experience, knowing to always backup your Mac, prior maiking any major changes to your Mac (i.e. upgrading your MacOS).


or...



B. Install the MacOS Anew, then Migrate:

If you created not backup, then you need to downgrade manually. Contact the Developers, if need be, for a prior version of the macOS you upgraded from. I'm no so certain how long a backup would take, but you'd need to back it up prior to the download, if not backup already exists.

to Reinstall the macOS anew:

You'd backup your Mac, install the previous macOS, and then migrate items back.

  1. Create: a Time Machine Backup using an external Hard Drive
  2. Install: from a USB Installer created for macOS 10.15 Catalina or before
  3. Migrate: items from your TMB
  4. Download then Install: the applications, getting the programs back from the Developers.

My mac wasn't updated can I fix that?

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