Can’t restore time machine backup over Maverick. Restarts to disk utility only.
I have an external hd backup from time machine when my 2014 iMac was running Catalina. I ended up doing an internet recovery and installing Maverick (only option) thinking i would be able to upgrade to Catalina. Can’t upgrade, no option. Safari is basically unusable to download any images.
This was purchased used years ago. It (time machine restore) makes progress and finishes, restarts back to disk utilities.
Hard drive says Catalina 10.15.7 but is formatted in extended journaled and not APFS in disk utilities.
So frustrated at this point. Have all my data backed up but no usable OS.
iMac 27″