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Running Catalina & Mojave on same computer

I'm running Catalina 10.15.7 but I have a business program that can only run on Mojave or less down to 10.7. Can I partition my drive so I can have access to either OS?

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Posted on Aug 14, 2023 4:51 PM

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Howies121 wrote:

I'm running Catalina 10.15.7 but I have a business program that can only run on Mojave or less down to 10.7. Can I partition my drive so I can have access to either OS?

yes, you could do that. but from what I can tell, that option is fraught with potential problems. I too have a need for an older macOS intermittently. but I don't dual boot from my local drive. I keep the local drive up to date (currently Ventura) and I have Catalina on an external Samsung T7 SSD. and an added bonus of running each macOS on separate drives, i'l not likely to lose both macOS at the same time because of a drive failure.

Posted on Aug 14, 2023 5:54 PM

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Aug 14, 2023 5:54 PM in response to Howies121

Howies121 wrote:

I'm running Catalina 10.15.7 but I have a business program that can only run on Mojave or less down to 10.7. Can I partition my drive so I can have access to either OS?

yes, you could do that. but from what I can tell, that option is fraught with potential problems. I too have a need for an older macOS intermittently. but I don't dual boot from my local drive. I keep the local drive up to date (currently Ventura) and I have Catalina on an external Samsung T7 SSD. and an added bonus of running each macOS on separate drives, i'l not likely to lose both macOS at the same time because of a drive failure.

Running Catalina & Mojave on same computer

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