Migration Assistant to go back to Maverick from Ventura

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Migration Assistant to go back to Maverick from Ventura

I want to roll back to Maverick from Ventura due to battery issues in my M1 Mac book Pro 2020 model. It's been 3 months and tried everything that is suggested online, but battery drain has not stopped.

I don't have a time machine back up.

I want to use migration assistant to make a back up of my user and applications data in an external hard disk.

Then make a clean install of Maverick in the M1 Mac book pro and get back the user data from the hard disk.

Can it be done safely without any loss of personal data ?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 13.2

Posted on Mar 1, 2023 05:07 AM

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jeffreythefrog

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Mar 1, 2023 06:09 AM in response to MRSankar

MRSankar wrote:

Thanks. I think it was shipped with big sur or maverick I don’t remember now.

I guess you do mean Monterey. Mavericks is WAY to old to have ever come installed on an M1 Mac. it would have possibly come with macOS Big Sur, and maybe Monterey but definitely nothing earlier than Big Sur.

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Mar 1, 2023 05:37 AM in response to MRSankar

is that a mistake? do you really want to go backwards to Mavericks? if yes, you cannot run any macOS that is earlier than what the Mac shipped with. Mavericks cannot run on an M1 Mac. sorry.

but if that was a mistake, and you meant that you want to revert to Monterey, you can use the steps in this apple support article: Revert your Mac to a previous macOS version - Apple Support.

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Answer 3

Mar 1, 2023 07:16 AM in response to MRSankar

ok. then you can look at the link I provided in my first post. or alternatively, have a look at this old discussion: how can i downgrade macos ventura to mont… - Apple Community and follow P. Phillips' reply.

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