![]() I must admit, my old MacBook Pro 2015 Retina runs a lot faster using Monterey and some of the UI features and integrations with our other Mac products (iPhones, Airpods, iPads, Apple TV, etc) are seamless and snappy. If your CS 5 suite works, then you can safely upgrade your main iMac OS to Monterey. From there test booting from the SSD (hold down the option key when powering up) and then try running your Adobe software. If all is good, you can then follow the instructions I shared to copy your system to a bootable SSD. Once you're able to downgrade to EC and restore your system from your time machine backup, you can try upgrading to High Sierra (or not) through the Software Update in System Preferences. Came from here: (scroll down for Sierra, High Sierra, etc). It will restore your user account(s), any third party software you had installed, and all other personal data.ĭowngrading to El Capitan should work using the same steps Here's the install file for El Capitan. The OS will ask if you have data to restore. Quit Disk Utility when it's done and then choose the option to install macOS.Īs the OS install nears completion, have the drive with your Time Machine backup on. Use Disk Utility (from the top menu bar) to erase the internal drive. Once booted to the USB drive, you'll see a minimal work screen. This will take longer than starting up from the Mac's main drive. A screen will appear with drives you can startup to. Restart the Mac and immediately hold down the Option key. Though edited next to include more detail.īoot to the USB drive with the older OS you want to install. You'll know it's done when Terminal goes back to a new prompt that looks the same as the first one.įrom here, we assume you have a current Time Machine backup and you've turned that drive off. When it's done, the USB drive's name will change to Install macOS Mojave. The USB drive will be erased and Mojave will be installed to it. You'll then be asked if you really want to erase the volume named a. Now copy/paste the modified line that ends in a into Terminal and press enter. Change the name of the drive to just the letter a so it matches the edit you made to the line above. Sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Big\ Sur.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia -volume /Volumes/a Change the MyVolume at the end to a, so it reads: Sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Big\ Sur.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia -volume /Volumes/ MyVolumeįirst copy/paste this line into TextEdit. ![]() You need this line on the linked page for Terminal: Just leave the installer where it currently is in the Applications folder. It seems you already have the Mojave installer on your drive. Since you want to install Mojave, you first need an 8 GB USB flash drive. Old Toad provided a link to Apple's page, as did I. Hope this helps and good luck!Ĭreating the bootable USB drive is actually step one. ![]() Video showcasing the external SSD option: (note the creator's caveats about T2 security on newer Macs.When you need to use your old Adobe and or 64/32bit software, boot up your Mac from the external SSD running Mojave and your old apps and viola! From there you can upgrade your OS to the latest Mac OS. Once you confirm your Mac boots off the new external SSD and runs properly, shut down your Mac, disconnect the new SSD and boot from the Mac HD. Cloning hard drive to an external SSD.Link to setting up SSD as external boot drive:.IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: Make sure you BACK UP your Mac with time machine before doing any of this! :) A quick search online will turn up using vmware or parallels for option #1. Here's a nice video tutorial to set up the latter option. If you're on a fairly quick Mac, moving from the SSD to the internal OS shouldn't take more than a minute. The last option requires you to log out from your account to then boot from the external drive, but will probably help you stay focused when you're working in Lightroom or Adobe. Option 2 below will require that you clone your Mac hard drive to and external SSD like the Sandisk Extreme 1Tb or any SSD with fast read write (1gb transfer rate) using USB 3 or USB C. Just make sure you have a fairly new Mac with ample disk space 500Gb - 2Tb and memory of 16 - 32Gb. CS 6 and other 64/32 bit software should run fine there and you can move between monterey and mojave easily. Then restore your backed up system from time machine on the virtual machine. ![]() Option 1: Backup your current system with time machine, install VMware or Parallels and install Mojave in the virtual machine. That said, there's a couple other options that will cost a little upfront but will allow you keep using your old Adobe software running. I don't use lightroom or photoshop enough make the $$ warrant paying their usage royalties. I too don't want to fork over adobe's exorbitant subscription fees. I'm in the same boat with my 2015 macbook pro 13".
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