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<blockquote data-quote="Lifeisabeach" data-source="post: 1840669" data-attributes="member: 38864">There have been reports of people who needed to roll back to Mojave when Catalina didn't work out for them, but couldn't use their Time Machine backup. Catalina is doing something different with Time Machine backups if it touches them, and that may be causing the issue. A full backup with Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper would be well advised as a safety net, in addition to a Time Machine backup. Macworld has a good article about downgrading.<a href="https://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac-software/downgrade-macos-3581872/" target="_blank">How To Downgrade MacOS From Catalina Or Mojave To An Older Version - Macworld UK</a>EDIT: I should add a thought to this... in addition to making sure your Time Machine backup is current before upgrading to Catalina, disconnect the Time Machine backup drive and DO NOT USE Time Machine until you are certain that Catalina will work for you going forward. Once Catalina starts using that Time Machine backup, you can't auto restore from it using an older macOS version if you decide later to roll back.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lifeisabeach, post: 1840669, member: 38864"] There have been reports of people who needed to roll back to Mojave when Catalina didn't work out for them, but couldn't use their Time Machine backup. Catalina is doing something different with Time Machine backups if it touches them, and that may be causing the issue. A full backup with Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper would be well advised as a safety net, in addition to a Time Machine backup. Macworld has a good article about downgrading. [URL="https://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac-software/downgrade-macos-3581872/"]How To Downgrade MacOS From Catalina Or Mojave To An Older Version - Macworld UK[/URL] EDIT: I should add a thought to this... in addition to making sure your Time Machine backup is current before upgrading to Catalina, disconnect the Time Machine backup drive and DO NOT USE Time Machine until you are certain that Catalina will work for you going forward. Once Catalina starts using that Time Machine backup, you can't auto restore from it using an older macOS version if you decide later to roll back. [/QUOTE]

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