![]() ![]() ![]() It’s possible that you could get by without any backup at all if all your files are stored in iCloud. We also have advice about How to back up a Mac. Check out our recommendations here: Best backup software for Macs. For example, you could try Carbon Copy Cloner (which has a free 30-day trial or costs £52/$49.99), and doesn’t make you back up the operating system. Instead back up any recent changes and documents using another backup tool. This is because if you recover from a Time Machine backup made in macOS Sonoma you will recover Sonoma too (and likewise for whatever macOS you are running). It’s important not to use Apple’s Time Machine software to make this particular backup. The reason for making a backup is that during the downgrade process: you will completely wipe your hard drive–so if there is anything you don’t want to lose make sure you have a copy of it. However, if you don’t have such a backup you will need to create one before you start the process of downgrading your Mac. Even if your Time Machine backups happen daily you will find older stored backups on your external hard drive, so just find one from before you updated (you will need to know when you made that update of course!) ![]() If you have a Time Machine backup from before you updated your Mac to Sonoma that was made recently enough for you not to have a load of new data you need to back up you can move to the next section (or just make an external copy of the files and data you have created since you updated). ![]()
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