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    Downgrade to El Capitan from unsupported Mac with Catalina (DosDude1 Patcher)

    Hi all, I have a MacBook Pro 5,1 (late 2008) and I recently installed Catalina (patch from DosDude1) to see if it would work. We'll it didn't (properly). The installation went well and everything, but the MacBook is getting hot and the battery drains like hell. Also having the crashes when...
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    iPad iOS 14.7.1 checkra1n jailbreak works but no installs available

    I successfully installed a jailbreak with checkra1n on 14.7.1 but Cydia functions don’t work properly. Is there a way to work around this or can I downgrade the IOS to 13.5? I’m new with apple products, sorry.
  3. msephton

    Guide: how to downgrade from iOS 15 beta to iOS 14 without losing data

    How to downgrade from iOS 15 beta to iOS 14 without losing any data: Backup your iOS 15 iPhone to your computer (not to iCloud) just to be safe Download the latest iOS 14 ipsw from Apple's servers using Developer portal, or https://ipsw.me In Finder/iTunes: Option-click the Update button (not...
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    Failing at downgrading Big Sur

    I've been trying to downgrade to Catalina from Big Sur for 2 days now on a brand new machine that came with Big Sur. I've tried numerous ways. Currently, I'm running into 2 issues. (Ignore the wrong screen resolution in the photos below - this seems to be an effect while in Recovery Mode only...
  5. agraden

    How to find files created after a specific date?

    Hi all, I want to restore my Mac to my last Time Machine backup of Catalina. I'm currently on Big Sur and don't want to lose any new data since upgrading. Is there a way I can view every file I've created, downloaded, saved etc. after a specific date (that date being after upgrading to Big Sur)...
  6. honglong1976

    S3 sports owner, downgraded to S2 Staineless steel and loving it!

    Well, I was always under the impression the latest updates are better, but Apple are proving me wrong. IOS14 has been a stinker so far (battery drain) and WatchOS7 wasn't that much of an upgrade from WatchOS6. I took the plunge and downgraded from an S3 LTE sports model to an S2 stainless steel...
  7. mariogt

    Going from Catalina to Big Sur and back to Mojave

    I don't like write a big wall of text for telling a history but this is my experience going from Catalina to Big Sur and back to Mojave. I'm a developer and I have to test my software from macOS 10.11 (El Capitan) to the newest macOS available (Big Sur), my machine is a 6 core 2,6 GHz...
  8. ShawnyRHarvey

    Downgrade from iOS 14.2 Beta prior to new phone?

    Wondering if there is an easy way to downgrade from iOS 14.2 Beta on my iPhone XS prior to picking up my iPhone 12 Pro next Friday? What are the chances that Apple will add iPhone 12 devices to beta prior to October 23rd?
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    Series 4 Acting Up: SE or 6?

    I currently have a 44mm Series 4 that is causing some heart ache... slow, battery life not as good as it once was... Anyone go to an SE from a Series 4? I would lose the ECG, but gain a better processor and a new watch with warranty and save some money... or should I go to a Series 6? I do not...
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    Other iPhone 11 to the iPhone SE 2020?

    Has anyone gone from an iPhone 11 to the new iPhone SE? It’s crossed my mind many times for various reasons and I’m wondering if anyone has actually done it. I know it’s a downgrade in many ways so I’m really curious to hear more from people who have done it and how their experience has been.
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    Leaving the Public Beta

    Hello all. So i'm on the ios Public Beta for iOS 14 but I have decided to remove myself from this. I have removed the profile from settings as per the instructions from Apple. However, my understanding was that once I removed myself from the Public Beta that my phone would next update when the...
  12. DJ Dilbert

    MP 1,1-5,1 Downgrade Problems (From Mojave to High Sierra)

    I have a 2010 5,1 Mac Pro. I recently upgraded my hardware to 2, 6-core x5690s, 64GB ram and a GTX 1060 6G. My next move was to upgrade the OS to Mojave, but I didn't know that Nvidia's web drivers were not supported in Mojave. So per Apple Support's instructions, I swapped out the Nvidia card...
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    Question about downgrading/transfering data, please answer

    I really want to jailbreak my new iPhone XS Max I got yesterday, when I set it up it came with ios 13.5.1 and that can't be jailbroken on the iPhone XS Max. I still have my old iPhone 7 with ios 13.5 that can be jailbroken, if I factory reset my iPhone XS Max and then transfer all the data from...
  14. Ueuezaza

    iPad 1: Restore Jailbroken 3.2.1 to stock 3.2.1

    Hi guys, today I received a 1st gen iPad Wi-Fi running 3.2.1 (jailbroken). I had the bad idea to reset settings and content and now obviously it is stuck on the Apple logo. I know that I can simply restore it from iTunes, but in that case I can only restore it to 5.1.1, correct? It still runs...
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    How to roll back to previous version of OSX speech synth from Time Machine?

    I updated to El Capitan. With it, to the App Store appeared updates for speech synthesizers. Because I use the feature on a daily basis as a part of my Applescripts, I updated. After all, the update promised improvements to pronunciation, and I had noticed that sometimes, not often, the synth...
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    MP 1,1-5,1 Mac Pro 4 1 and GFX / PCIe Strange Issues

    I rarely post to forums, but I lurk a lot. I'll prelude this by saying I've been googling and reading for days, but I can't find a solution that works. I'm posting here hoping someone has an answer from a fresh set of eyes, or to confirm "it's dead, Jim." As a non-known member, I'll do my best...
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    Downgrade 2017 models to OS X el Capitan?

    I'm going to buy a 2017, 15.4 inch, i7 Quad Core 512SSD, Macbook Pro with OS X mojave already installed. My question is if I can downgrade it to OS X el capitan (or sierra). I think (but i'm not 100% sure) this model came out back in june 2017 with High sierra. Can I in this case install el...
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    Downgrade from Catalina to Mojave from BEFORE machine's manufacture date...

    Hi, I received my brand new MacMini yesterday, running Catalina of course. For software/driver reasons (mainly my trusted old Wacom tablet), I want to downgrade to Mojave. I got my external drive set up as an installer drive with Mojave on it. It appears in the "Startup Disk" selector, but I...
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    iPhone 5 or earlier Apple stops signing IOS 6 for the iPhone 4S

    This is to reflect my previous thread that you can find Here. There has been a lot of buzz on the internet lately about IOS 6 no longer being signed for iPhone 4S, and most of it is negative. I am really hopeful that Apple will regret this decision, because it caused me a lot of trouble (lost...
  20. ColdShadow

    Downgrade from Catalina to Mojave

    Is there any way to install Mojave after installing the horrible Catalina 10.15.1? My Macbook gets really hot and there is slowdown with Safari and I just had enough.