I tried to restore my MacBook from a TimeMachine backup, and now all of the computers content is ”stuck” on my extrrnal harddr

DavidDanne wrote:

This is the strangest issue I’ve ever had. I had just upgraded to Catalina from Sierra 10.12.6 but I wanted to go back because of a compability issue. So I restored my MacBook Pro from late 2013 from a TimeMachine backup using Migration Assistant, and now the external hard drive that held the backup (it was partitioned to hold both TimeMachine backups and other files) holds my user and all the data that should be on my internal hard drive. It also can’t be ejected in the normal way - there is no such alternative.

I want my computer to “go back to normal” - I want the content to be on my internal hard drive, not my external. I’ve tried the Migration Assistant a couple of times now and it always ends up this way. I badly need some help!

Revert your Mac to a previous macOS version - Apple Support

3-2-1 Backup Strategy: three copies of your data, two different methods, and one offsite.

Boot clone https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-10081

How to use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201250

Use DiskUtility Restore feature https://support.apple.com/guide/disk-utility/restore-a-disk-dskutl14062/mac

note: >System Preferences>Security & Privacy >Privacy>Full Disk Access

unlock the padlock, press the + button and add Disk Utility