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What's the best way to get a file from my new Mac OS Ventura Version 13.4.1 to my older machine with OS El Capitan 10.11.6?


I don't want to update the OS on my old computer because there is some old software that won't work if I do.



MacBook Pro 15″, OS X 10.10

Posted on Sep 4, 2023 2:26 PM

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Sep 5, 2023 10:49 PM in response to Judeeeet

If you used Disk Utility (on Ventura) to create a APFS-formatted disk image, copied your documents into it, and then sent the disk image file through the mail, El Capitan would not understand how to access the APFS image. For that particular case, the APFS vs. HFS+ thing would affect documents sent through the mail.


If you just sent individual document files as attachments, you wouldn't have a problem. Likewise if you put the files inside a HFS+-formatted disk image file and sent it.


It's just the new file system (APFS) – not the individual document files – that El Capitan does not understand.

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