Installed on my Mac Studio no prob. but on my Macbook Pro (2015), it refuses to work. I now learn that it is not compatible!!!
Why then was it offered as an upgrade on a computer when it is not compatible?
I am now trying to revert to the original OS (control+shift+command+R) with no success.
Computer seems being stuck and never able to do it.
Any solutions?
MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 14.0
Does this help at all? Follow this path to restore previous macOS.
This requires erasing, reformatting, and initializing the parent drive as new in order to fall back.
From Internet Recovery > DiskUtility > Show All Devices
How to reinstall macOS - Apple Support
Then you restore your user data from backups.
Does this help at all? Follow this path to restore previous macOS.
This requires erasing, reformatting, and initializing the parent drive as new in order to fall back.
From Internet Recovery > DiskUtility > Show All Devices
How to reinstall macOS - Apple Support
Then you restore your user data from backups.
Full catastropy - Part II
3 hours on the phone with Apple support with 3 different reps.
The first one can't help. The 2nd one asks me to erase part of my HD. Still cannot go back to Ventura.
The 3rd one, a senior rep, says the 2nd made a mistake and that I should erase the whole disk. Still cannot go back to Venrua. She finally gives up and takes a rendez-vous for me at the Apple Store hoping the geniuses that work there will be able to fix the problem.
The next day, I try again to re-install Ventura (Option-command-R) and...Miracle, it works.
Migration is difficult but in the end, it works.
Only thing is, no 3rd party apps!!
Luckily, I can copy/paste the Application folder AND the prefs file from my Mac Studio.
All is now back to normal.
My advice before you upgrade: Make a copy of everything including the apps and the prefs folder
And
If you own a MBP 2018...WAIT until Apple gets it right
I have seen, sometimes, where the Software Update Applet on macOS 12.7 Monterey has mis-identified a MacBook Pro 2015 computer to upGrade to macOS 13 Ventura ( which it does not qualify for )
But using the same machine ( 2015 ) being offered and allowing to even download macOS 14 Sonoma, let alone attempt to install - have not yet seen that before.
That does not mean impossible.
To Firmly establish what computer is being used and the Actual Model and Year of this machine - the requested Screen Shot would put this question to it's logical end.
FWIW, Monterey 12.7 is the latest version of macOS that would download and install on a 2015 MacBook Pro.
P. Phillips wrote:
I have seen, sometimes, where the Software Update Applet on macOS 12.7 Monterey has mis-identified a MacBook Pro 2015 computer to upGrade to macOS 13 Ventura ( which it does not qualify for )
The user made a correction.
My MPB is 2018 (my mistake) and fully compatible withe SONOMA
Yes I did see that posting thx.
Though, I think it is to everyones benefit, including OP to establish the true identity of the computer
We know there methods to Trick a 2015 machine to appear as a 2018
Just saying, in a friendly tone
Perhaps a Screen Shot of About this Mac of the MacBook Pro 2015 without Serial Number appearing in image
I was on Montery
But I can't revert to it no matter what
I guess what I was trying to explain was, since Sonoma is not supported on a 2015 MacBook Pro, it wouldn't be shown as an update in "Software Update", nor would it download and install.
My MPB is 2018 (my mistake) and fully compatible withe SONOMA
I see. Try Randall's suggestion.
SONOMA : FULL CATASTROPHY
