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<blockquote data-quote="cawsf90" data-source="post: 1864348" data-attributes="member: 405871">I posted this to Bob, but I don't know if it would show up on yours as well. This is why I am posting it to you so you can see my questions as well. Thank you once again. Below is in response to what Bob said to do.Thank you for your advice. I'm working on doing this, but I still don't understand everything. When you say that I must first restore my Mac, is that before or after I have installed the new macOS that I saved on my bootable USB? You said to &quot;erase/format/wipe Time Machine and start new again&quot;, is that after I have used the bootable installer? Do I recover from my last Time Machine and once the computer is up and running I erase/format/wipe Time Machine so that my EHD, that is my Time Machine, is empty and then do a new Time Machine Backup?I guess a question I have is this... What is the point to doing all of this if I'm going to be restoring my information from a Time Machine backup when the computer was messed up when I created that backup. I have created a bootable USB with Catalina Install on it, so I believe that I am ready to move forward once I understand this next process. Sorry that I seem to be asking a lot of questions. This is all brand new to me and I do not want an expensive paperweight. Thank you for your help.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cawsf90, post: 1864348, member: 405871"] I posted this to Bob, but I don't know if it would show up on yours as well. This is why I am posting it to you so you can see my questions as well. Thank you once again. Below is in response to what Bob said to do. Thank you for your advice. I'm working on doing this, but I still don't understand everything. When you say that I must first restore my Mac, is that before or after I have installed the new macOS that I saved on my bootable USB? You said to "erase/format/wipe Time Machine and start new again", is that after I have used the bootable installer? Do I recover from my last Time Machine and once the computer is up and running I erase/format/wipe Time Machine so that my EHD, that is my Time Machine, is empty and then do a new Time Machine Backup? I guess a question I have is this... What is the point to doing all of this if I'm going to be restoring my information from a Time Machine backup when the computer was messed up when I created that backup. I have created a bootable USB with Catalina Install on it, so I believe that I am ready to move forward once I understand this next process. Sorry that I seem to be asking a lot of questions. This is all brand new to me and I do not want an expensive paperweight. Thank you for your help. [/QUOTE]

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