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How can I revert back to pre-mac OS Catalina?

How can I revert back to pre-mac OS Catalina on iMac?

Posted on Jan 9, 2020 7:46 AM

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Posted on Jan 9, 2020 8:03 AM

If you have a Time Machine backup, use Time Machine to revert back to an earlier release. Otherwise, you cannot.


However if you would like some help on why you want to revert back then please state what the issue(s) is.

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Jan 9, 2020 8:21 AM in response to HY256

As rkaufmann87 said, if you have a pre-upgrade backup "all" you need to do is boot into the Recovery Partition, delete the two container drives Catalina created, format the hard drive and then restore from the backup. If you don't have a TM backup or clone it is a much more arduous process. But it is possible we can help fix your Catalina 'problem' so you won't want to move backwards.

How can I revert back to pre-mac OS Catalina?

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