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I want to downgrade back to Mojave. I have done quite a bit of work in the month I've had it and don't want to lose it. I use Time Machine faithfully so have all my data. I have been told anything which has been edited with Catalina will not run on Mojave. True?
iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15
Thanks. This is helpful. Images and pictures should be OK. You may have small issues with Numbers, Photoshop and Organizer depending on the versions. If you have access to a Mac with the same apps on Mojave, you can do few tests to see how things look.
The Address Book could be the tricky one. I cannot test it. Is it synced on iCloud? I think it could be a good idea to do an export you can import back when on Mojave. Suggestions from other members of the forum are welcome.
WD
Thanks. This is helpful. Images and pictures should be OK. You may have small issues with Numbers, Photoshop and Organizer depending on the versions. If you have access to a Mac with the same apps on Mojave, you can do few tests to see how things look.
The Address Book could be the tricky one. I cannot test it. Is it synced on iCloud? I think it could be a good idea to do an export you can import back when on Mojave. Suggestions from other members of the forum are welcome.
WD
Downgrading from Catalina can be tricky. Better to start from scratch if you have a good data backup. I would suggest to make a copy of important documents and files on another storage for safety.
Follow the link about Mojave on that page: How to upgrade to macOS Mojave - Apple Support.
"I have been told anything which has been edited with Catalina will not run on Mojave.". I cannot make sense of that. Who told you?
WD
I have a good backup onTime Machine. my question more specifically is that files have been edited and saved on my backup drive (Time Machine) but was told by someone that knows more than me (( that anything that was edited with Catalina will not be able to run with Mojave. But all my files originally done with Mojave (which was backed up the day before I went to Catalina) are safe and sound. I just need to be sure that I will not lose 3 weeks of edits done on those Mojave files with Catalina.
By the way, I'm wanting to DOWNGRADE from Catalina to Mojave which I ran for years.
sk
"was told by someone that knows more than me (( that anything that was edited with Catalina will not be able to run with Mojave". Edited by what applications? Run what?
" ...I'm wanting to DOWNGRADE from Catalina... ". Yes I understood that. What's the issue?
WD
My Mac Address Book (2 pages of new people/numbers put in with Catalina); Numbers App with several pages of info put in with Catalina; I use Photoshop and Organizer all the time but only have 200 or so files put in within that timeframe; Pics on iCloud -- I don't think anything else I can live without updated info.
sk
The issue is: Will all my docs that I have edited since I switched to Catalina and backed-up with CATALINA -- run again with Mojave if I downgrade? Or will I lose the edits?
sk
OK. The problem is we cannot tell without knowing what type of docs edited with which applications. Do you know? Docs do not run. Applications do.
WD
My Address book is synced with iCloud including changes I made today. My husband has an old laptop but it runs El Capitan and I don't think it would hold Mojave. Thank you
sk
downgrade backt o Mojave from Catalina
