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I installed the software MAC OS CATALINA and in doing this all of my Word, Excel and Power Point are not available to open, says I need to download an update from the App store. How can I uninstall this Catalina Software? I need Word back

How do I uninstall MAC OS Catalina. I downloaded it yesterday and all my WORD, EXCEL and misc. documents. It says I need to update Word 365. I don't like Catalina and this is critical cause I have thousands of documents.

Posted on Dec 29, 2021 12:46 PM

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Posted on Dec 29, 2021 1:52 PM

Do you have a Time Machine backup to Restore to/from?


https://eshop.macsales.com/blog/32972-time-machine-what-it-is-how-it-works-and-how-to-use-it-with-your-mac/


https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/revert-to-a-previous-macos-version-mh15216/10.14/mac/10.14


Or buy new MS software, or...


Look into the Free LibreOffice, it handles MS Office files like Word & Excel, & Page Layout…


https://www.libreoffice.org/


And thanks to VikingOSX…

Let's not overlook SoftMaker's Office 2021 suite which has familiar Word and Excel UI design, and opens these documents in their native formats.

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Dec 29, 2021 1:52 PM in response to Borderline15

Do you have a Time Machine backup to Restore to/from?


https://eshop.macsales.com/blog/32972-time-machine-what-it-is-how-it-works-and-how-to-use-it-with-your-mac/


https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/revert-to-a-previous-macos-version-mh15216/10.14/mac/10.14


Or buy new MS software, or...


Look into the Free LibreOffice, it handles MS Office files like Word & Excel, & Page Layout…


https://www.libreoffice.org/


And thanks to VikingOSX…

Let's not overlook SoftMaker's Office 2021 suite which has familiar Word and Excel UI design, and opens these documents in their native formats.

I installed the software MAC OS CATALINA and in doing this all of my Word, Excel and Power Point are not available to open, says I need to download an update from the App store. How can I uninstall this Catalina Software? I need Word back

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