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Choose Disk Utility in the macOS Utilities window.Hold down Command+R to boot into Recovery mode.Click on the Apple menu and choose Restart.Make sure your Mac is connected to the internet.Whichever method you used, you should now have a bootable macOS Mojave installer. Press Return and wait for the word Done to appear in Terminal.Type: sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Mojave.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia -volume /Volumes/Untitled where ‘Untitled’ is the name of your USB stick or external hard drive.Launch Terminal from Applications - Utilities.However, you can also do it in Terminal like this: The easiest way to create a bootable installer is to use DiskMaker X.Launch Disk Utilities and Erase the Drive or USB stick, formatting it as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) and selecting GUID partition map if a selection is available.Grab a USB stick with 16GB capacity or an external hard drive or SSD and plug it in to your Mac.When it’s finished, quit Software Update.

When you click that link, Software Update will launch and start to download Mojave. If you’re reading this after Catalina ships, you can download Mojave ‎here, but only on a Mac that’s not already running Mojave.If it tries to install when it’s finished downloading, quite the installer. If you’re reading this before macOS Catalina ships, you can go to the App Store and search for Mojave, then download it.Note, you can skip this step if your Mac shipped with macOS Mojave or if you made a backup with Time Machine before you upgraded to Catalina.

It’s well-worth keeping it on your Mac and using regularly to keep your Mac running smoothly.

Update all your software to the latest-supported versionsĪs you can see, CleanMyMac X does a lot more than just clear out junk files before you backup your Mac.

Manage hung apps and heavy CPU consumers.

Neutralize Mac-specific malware, like key loggers.

It’s the easiest way to clear out the clutter on your Mac. There’s no point in backing up all the clutter along with the files you really need.

We’re going to completely erase your Mac’s startup disk, so it’s important to copy anything you need now.īefore you backup, however, you should take steps to remove the junk and clutter from your Mac. So, you should copy those files to an external disk, or a cloud storage service like Dropbox or iCloud Drive so you can retrieve them easily when you downgrade. However, the files you’ve been working on since you upgraded won’t be up to date on that backup. You should have backed up your Mac before you upgraded to Catalina, as you should before you perform any major upgrade or make any significant change to your Mac.