![]() This is our preferred method because Time Machine backs up your settings and apps so that when you recover from that backup everything is exactly the way you are used to it being, which can be comforting. With your pre-Ventura Time Machine backup in hand you can recover your machine from before the update and then copy back any files you created after you installed Ventura. Ideally you will have had your backup drive plugged in making regular backups of your Mac, or at least you will have made a backup prior to upgrading to Ventura (which is something we always advise when updating an OS). Hopefully you have an older Time Machine back up from before you upgraded as this will make the downgrade process a lot easier. Option 1: Downgrade macOS using a Time Machine backup You should also make absolutely sure that everything you want is in iCloud–we are so used to working in the cloud that we often assume that things are there when in fact they are on our Macs (speaking from experience here!) ![]() Just be aware that iCloud is not a way to back up your Mac because when you delete certain files from your Mac you may also be deleting them from iCloud. It’s possible that you could get by without any backup at all if all your files are stored in iCloud. We also have advice about How to back up a Mac. Check out our recommendations here: Best backup software for Macs. For example, you could try Carbon Copy Cloner (which has a free 30-day trial or costs £52/$49.99), and doesn’t make you back up the operating system. Instead back up any recent changes and documents using another back up tool. However, you shouldn’t use Apple’s Time Machine to make this particular backup, because if you recover from a Time Machine backup made in macOS Ventura you will recover Ventura too (and likewise for whatever macOS you are running). The reason for making a back up is that during the downgrade process you will completely wipe your hard drive–so if there is anything you don’t want to lose make sure you have a copy of it. Backup your Mac first!īefore you start the process of downgrading your Mac, you should back up your Mac. The options are similar to those above so the following steps should also enable you to restore Mojave – or even High Sierra or earlier on your (Intel-powered) Mac if you want to. Maybe it’s Catalina you want to downgrade. However, our advice remains that it is a good time to update to Ventura if you haven’t yet. For example, a Wi-Fi bug related to AirDrop. Since Apple introduced Ventura there have been a few problems and issues. Intel Macs miss out on a number of features including Live Captions, Dictation emoji support, and Reference Mode with Sidecar.Īnother problem (which is shared with Monterey, Big Sur, Catalina, Mojave, and High Sierra), is that some times when Apple updates the operating system with new features users encounter problems and vulnerabilities with the new software. Read: If you don’t have an M1 Mac you won’t get these Ventura features. If you have an Intel Mac it is likely that you will be missing out on some of Ventura’s best features. However, it is possible that your Mac can’t take advantage of all the new features in Ventura. It requires some system admin technical skills.Ventura is a great update to the Mac operating system with some useful features and some iOS inspired changes (read: Best features of Ventura, Ventura: Update now or wait and macOS Ventura vs Monterey). You may drop this Ventura installation after this procedure.)Īnother method to update the firmware has been described on this site. (If you read this section after 2025 just prepare your unsupported system by installing once the latest Ventura version released by Apple including all updates to get the latest firmware update installed. You may drop (delete) this basic Ventura installation after Apple stopped delivering new updates in autumn 2025. Press alt/option on boot and do a PRAM reset before booting back into Ventura. Note that when booting a supported OS to get firmware updates it must not be booted via OpenCore. ![]() Just boot Monterey when you get an Monterey update notification and apply this update. No user data needs to be copied in there. The most easy way to achieve this is having an APFS container (aka volume) in parallel with your new Sonoma installation. Sonoma will not provide those firmware updates, since your Mac is not supported by Apple with Sonoma! All firmware upgrades are bundled into the supported macOS Ventura updates, only. To apply those (valuable and often necessary firmware) updates you need to install and update Ventura on your system. All hardware still supported with Ventura but dropped from Sonoma support will get Apple software and firmware updates until late summer 2025.
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