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Mac OS Monterey "Upgrade"

I upgraded to Mac OS Monterey and it immediately broke Symantec Endpoint Protection and killed my LAMP server. I'm going to downgrade to MacOS Big Sur. Do these instructions work or can I just get Big Sur from the App Store and install?

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Feb 12, 2022 2:53 PM

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Feb 16, 2022 8:33 AM in response to BDAqua

Thank you. I went through the entire process documented here: https://mackeeper.com/blog/downgrade-macos-monterey-to-big-sur/ and all went well. It took quite a while, as specified, but went without a hitch. Warning to those that do: make sure you have a current day Time Machine backup before doing the downgrade.


Unfortunately, after all the work downgrading, Symantec Endpoint Protection (software I'm licensed for) cannot be installed. I'm assuming it no longer works on any Mac OS > 10.x.

Mac OS Monterey "Upgrade"

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