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How to Downgrade from macOS Catalina to Mojave or Earlier

Did you upgrade to macOS Catalina and decide it's not for you? Perhaps a favorite app isn’t Catalina compatible, or changes in some of the apps Apple provides are not to your taste. Maybe your Mac just seems to be...

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How to Fix macOS Catalina Installation Issues

Installing a new version of the Mac OS is generally a fairly pain-free process; this trend continues with macOS Catalina. Even so, it's a good idea to review our Rocket Yard guides for a clean install of macOS Catalina as well as...

macOS Catalina Tips, Tricks, and More

macOS Catalina includes a number of new features, new ways to perform tasks, and of course a few hidden features and tricks, not all of which have been discovered yet. Of course, that’s what we expect from a new version...

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How to Upgrade Install macOS Catalina Safely

If you’re getting ready to install macOS Catalina on your Mac, you have some preparations to make and a few choices to make. While many people just download the new operating system and let the installer do its thing, it’s...

How to Use Optimized Storage in macOS

Optimize Mac Storage was first introduced with macOS Sierra and will apparently continue in the upcoming macOS Catalina. When you turn it on, it automatically deletes things when your Mac is running low on space. Some folks love the feature,...

How to Clean Install macOS Catalina

macOS Catalina is usually installed as an upgrade over an existing version of the Mac OS. But you can also perform a clean install, which places a pristine version of macOS Catalina on a drive of your choice.  A clean...

10 Non-Intrusive Security Changes in macOS Catalina

macOS Catalina has some interesting new features, including Screen Time and Sidecar, and new apps, including Music, Podcasts, and Apple TV, that essentially replace iTunes. But behind the scenes, macOS Catalina has a number of new security features designed to...

How to Create a Bootable macOS Catalina Installer

A bootable version of the macOS Catalina installer is one of the often-overlooked tools a Mac user should have on hand before upgrading to or performing a clean install of Catalina. The bootable installer you create in this guide will...

How to unenroll your Mac from the Software Beta Program

My buddy, Steve Sande, has written about “How to Set Up macOS 10.15 Catalina in Parallels Desktop (and Why You May Want to Wait) here: Developers: How to Set Up macOS 10.15 Catalina in Parallels Desktop (and Why You May...

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