Downgrade from macOS Monterey to Big Sur or Catalina on Intel and M1 Macs!

Did you update to macOS Monterey and now need to downgrade to Big Sur or Catalina on your Intel or M1 M2 Mac? I'll show you the easiest and fastest way to downgrade to a previous version! I will walk you how to erase your drive and reinstall macOS Big Sur or Catalina.
I cover all macOS Monterey Supported Intel Macs including 2013-2015, 2016-2017 T1 and 2018-2020 T2.
NOTE: The only way to downgrade is to ERASE your drive. Backup all of your files first or take a Time Machine before starting.
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[@Mr.Macintosh]

Did you upgrade to macOS Monterey to try or test it out and now want to downgrade? I'VE GOT YOU COVERED!!! I go over a lot of different things but tried to get it all in a quick way. If you have any questions, let me know!

[@daveryandub]

Start up utilities security has a different layout on my M1 iMac.all was going well until I came to this point 😩 (full security/reduced security are only options)

[@randomguyonsake]

Is it inevitable to erase all the data before I install Big Sur? I currently run Monterey beta

[@ChrisAbeleda]

I backed up to time machine only after I updated to the beta. Does that mean even if I downgrade that it’ll go back to Monterrey after restoring the backup? Or will the data not be wiped and I won’t have to restore any backup?

[@gigabytemanila]

Hi love ur video. Need help. When i pressed big sur via bootable usb media went to recovery mode but my wireless keyboard and wireless mouse are not working. Iam doing it on my imac mid2017. Need ur help

[@batman47751]

What if you got 2011 mac and you upgrade to monnery and you wish to downgrade in the beginning I had high ser

[@WesleyRiot]

I regret monterey so much. I have a time machine backup from Big Sur but the process to downgrade looks so complicated :'(

[@TheRazza]

Brilliantly helpful video, followed it to the letter and no issues. Fairly new to Mac and new to trying betas but wanted to go back to being more stable so this has helped a TON to educate me in aspects of MacOS I was not previously aware of.

[@Mr.Macintosh]

Thank you very much Roy, I really appreciate it!!

[@ultraman8899]

Just what to say thank you for uploading this video. I downgraded my Mac Mini M1 to Big Sur yesterday because the flickering screen and unresponsive back and forward buttons on my Logitech MX3 mouse was driving me crazy. Everything works now as it should.

[@LazyPCRehab]

Currently "downgrading" to Big Sur due to battery life issues on my M1 MBP. Thank you very much for this guide, amazing.

[@adamraymond4213]

What was the issue? My macbook air m1 just shuts down at 54% precisely

[@LazyPCRehab]

@@adamraymond4213 Battery life took a nosedive, switched back to Big Sur and it's good as new.

[@adamraymond4213]

@@LazyPCRehab damn okay thanks I'll try too

[@sisiamaliaarfiandini8497]

Did the apps you installed gone?

[@LazyPCRehab]

@@sisiamaliaarfiandini8497 yes, it is a brand new install.

[@andreykanareyka9931]

Mr. Macintosh, you're the best! The most insightful, clear, to-the-point instructions, worked without any issues. Thank you!

[@Beeson1sm]

this worked perfectly thank you so much! if i can add anything, everyone just please make sure you do a time machine back up or something before you do this, i nearly didn't and i'm glad i did cause after i had to reinstall from a back up so got pretty lucky

[@cheekytdl]

Thank you so, so, so so much! I was having audio issues related to the beta software, and couldn't for the life of me downgrade. absolute life saver!!

[@Mr.Macintosh]

Thank you! Glad I could help 👍

[@marcussugg9886]

Thank you so much for this video. Monterey completely screwed up my Mac Mini M1, to the point that I couldn’t use it for my studio. Going back to Big Sur (as overly complicated of a process as it is) is going to help a ton

[@paratrip]

Simple and straightforward! Had to downgrade because of a bug on Monterey which messed up my Outlook email search. Thanks bud

[@chrispuder1527]

You are amazing! You actually made this fun and understandable with your clear instructions and enthusiasm

[@elmerhernandez8994]

THANK YOU!! this was by far the best video that explains this process from start to finish. Very well done. Appreciate the help!

[@Mr.Macintosh]

Thank you very much Elmer, I really appreciate that!

[@martinschmidt8748]

This was so helpful. Was trying to follow guidelines, but went into a "this volume can't be downgraded" because they missed the part about wiping the drive first. Thanks!

[@andymurphydj4056]

My Mac won’t let me download the Big Sur file. States that my MacBook is already up to date.

[@comminsensevids9850]

Seemless instructions. So easy to follow and understand.Worked a treat. Thanks Mr Mac

[@awlsomealex448]

Great and super useful video. Especially for the M1 Macs!

[@Skylander091]

Thank you so so much, this video was so helpful. I've been trying to downgrade for the last 2 days and just now found this video. I was so lost but this instruction was very helpful. Can only recommend it. Great Guy!

[@Mr.Macintosh]

Thank you Vincent, I'm glad it helped you!

[@pavlidizmusic]

Very helpful videos! Thanks 🙏🏼 All your videos on point and mention all details. Keep up the great work!

[@Mr.Macintosh]

Thank you very much Pavlidiz!!

[@itdo_belikethat]

THIS WORKED downgrading from Big Sur 11.5.2 to Big Sur 11.4 on an Intel based, MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2018, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports). I was able to save on time machine, run your option boot to installer, erase the drive, boot to new OS (Big Sur 11.4), AND I did NOT get an error on Time Machine restoring everything!! I am over the moon and got everything back and 11.4 with NO REKORDBOX ERROR! Posting this on the Rekordbox Reddit!! Subscribes and likes are in order.

[@Mr.Macintosh]

This is great news Jessio!!!! I'm really glad that you were able to downgrade and have your time machine data 👍

[@itdo_belikethat]

@@Mr.Macintosh Thanks Man! I edited my comment to reflect my system the best I could so others can base their decisions around it, your video, and their own system to best detect the method that won't lead them to an error lol. cheers!

[@Wolf-gu5rr]

milions thanks to you, sir you have saved me so many times with your videos

[@asmitabhongade4858]

I have 1 mac only and one windows computer when I try to reinstall mac os from recovery it shows 18 hrs

[@buumajin8850]

😱🥶

[@OliveLettuce]

what about downgrade to Big Sur on a mid 2012 MBP?

[@elvinaliyev1739]

thanks a lot! I've been trying to upgrade to catalina for quite some time and thanks to your well-detailed video I finally managed to do it

[@nabeelzafar8722]

Can you downgrade without losing data?

[@unamera]

***Attention*** Caution for the Catalina case! IF the Time Machine's (TM) backup of your important data on APFS (!) volume is the only backup you have and you are going to downgrade from Big Sur (or Monterey) to Catalina with the following Migration Assistant's (MA) 'From ... TM backup' task, THEN a fail is waiting for you: MA won't show APFS backup volume for you to select in import from dialog, it supports only HFS+ (Mac OS Extended) for the import tasks. The fact is that before read HFS+ backup we must write HFS+ backup, because Catalina's TM can't read backup from an APFS volume, but Monterey's TM won't write backup to a HFS+ volume if it is empty. It'll format them with APFS first every time when HFS+ volume has no previous backups. Consequently, we must have at least one backup on the Catalina's HFS+ volume to stop Monterey's TM from formatting it. So, now I've managed to run Monterey's backup to HFS+ volume by the following steps: 1) create a one more APFS volume on the Fusion Drive, next to the Monterey's one 2) install Catalina there 3) boot Catalina 4) create a new Mac OS Extended (HFS+) volume on the USB backup drive 5) make a single backup there 6) boot back to Monterey 7) go to TM's settings and select volume created on the step 4 as a backup volume 8) start backup I'm texting this comment while waiting for the step's 8 completion. Then I'm going to boot Catalina ones again (step 9) and hope its MA will able to import all the data from the backup (step 10)🤞 The final (11) step will be remove Monterey's APFS volume. Catalina forever! 🤟

[@SarahBird]

I’m a dumb dumb and I’m struggling to understand this comment fully. But I’m having a problem going from Monterey to Catalina. I’m using the usb stick way. On the install, it gets to 2 minutes left and then says “an error occurred validating the installer data. The download is either damaged or incomplete”.

[@WilliamCerniuk]

Nicely explained, concise, easy to understand (passes the "mom test"). Something that can be shared with just about any Mac user.

[@Mr.Macintosh]

Thank you William!!! What you just mentioned is the goal when I create a video like this. Beginner users will understand but the video will still work for more advanced users. I just checked my stats for this video. 99% Male 1% Female. Maybe a Mom will watch this video one day 🤣

[@multicoproductions]

Thanks we follow a 85% of this process to downgrade to El capitan so I could use my late 2015 imac as a monitor

[@ShaunDReynolds]

My god dude. You just saved me. Thank you 🙌🙌🙌

[@akemp06]

Very good video ! Though I have some critic: to call this a "downgrade" I consider misleading You do a clean install and all your data is gone. You have to recover all your data from a backup. A real downgrade would replace the OS with the older version and leave all the data intact. I thought that that was the reason why apple has the two partions !

[@Beatsnmotivation]

Do you happen to know if my apps and data will transfer over when I downgrade or will it erase everything?

[@claudiakayla7097]

thankyou i really needed help since i updated to monterey and trying to install parallel desktop 15 this is the only way

[@Hendarion]

This really needs to wipe all data from the system and data partition for a downgrade? That's not a downgrade then, but a complete wipe and re-installation. Or did I miss something?

[@user-konibaris]

Hi I have MacBook pro M1 chip 2021 model came with monterey I tried to downgrade to Big sur, i went though this steps but when i select Macintosh HD To downgrade, it says that can not be installed on this computer, So how can i fix this? because Logic pro x is not downloading the sound library on monterey i really need help to downgrade

[@Hrlmknight]

Hey Hey i have a M1 Bigsur im trying to downgrade to MoJave.. I have done all these steps and it wont even detect my USB with the boot can you help me out?

[@woutermvt]

Still very useful and clear video, thanks! Also the other video on how to create a bootable usb.

[@MalcolmElsworth]

Thanks so much for this video. Fantastically helpful!

[@tawcreative]

Thank you so much for this video. I used beta 7 of Monterrey, but it's still got a long way to go.

[@Mr.Macintosh]

For sure, good thing we have a few more beta updates before launch 👍

[@Dameon4g15]

Only your videos can help me out of trouble

[@Adrien-Drums]

One thing tho, it's impossible to downgrade a M1 that is natively on Monterey. So all the new M1 will be locked to Monterey. This is nonsense, but it's what it is...

[@EpiCuber7]

That's annoying. Even an air from 2020? Why's that?

[@dylanstrife7652]

oh no. I literally just found this out the hard way, after hours of trying to get this to work all day long. just bought a new one and since my software won't work on Monterey, ew. I think I'm gonna return the new macbook, get a refund and call it a day.

[@EpiCuber7]

@@dylanstrife7652 Ugh. Really? Even with a USB installer and whatnot? :/

[@dylanstrife7652]

@@EpiCuber7 yep, even with a USB installer. The Mac would recognize the USB stick, but no matter what, regardless of whether the installer was on the desktop or if the USB stick was inserted, Disk Utility would not recognize the Big Sur software update file at all, even though Apple's website says Big Sur is compatible with the 2020 m1 13" MacBook pro. Pretty frustrating. This whole mess also had me trying to transfer files to my Airport and the files won't transfer and no matter which commands I try in Terminal, my old Mac still won't listen to me and delete the botched file from the transfer for me to retry. Replacing doesn't work. Going the normal way doesn't work either, it's stubborn and says one or more of the items is locked. The directory is inaccessible and has thousands of files I don't need at all any more. I'm about to lose my mind. I feel like I should be able to figure this out but I can't seem to despite my unfinished Masters degree in IT, which is making this even more frustrating lol

[@DavidRodriguez-tn6pv]

Lmao no, Big Sur is the native software

[@aelaan12]

I did use the Configurator 2, what a fantastic guide to get this done properly. Oh, I read not to use a thunderbolt 3 cable but use a usb-c and that worked fabulous

[@Mr.Macintosh]

Very good point Al, as the thunderbolt cable does work sometimes Apple does not recommend it.

[@brennanstrain7192]

I have a Mac Mini 2012 and upgraded to Big Sur and it worked flawlessly. Recently, I upgraded to Monterey and I am having several issues. Since it is a 2012, how do I downgrade to Big Sur? thanks Mr. Macintosh!

[@garrettyoung55]

Currently in the same boat lol

[@nicky5593]

Does this work if rather than erasing Monterey I instead partition my SSD in two, and install Big Sur on the new partition to create a dual booting machine? I'm using an M1 iMac which came with Big Sur. Thanks for the useful video. Sorry if this question has been asked before, but I couldn't find anything about it in the comments.

[@samuelpeterson7328]

Do I need any backup next to a time machine backup? Or can I safely delete Macintosh and install Big Sur on it without issues? And how do I go on with my files after installing? Is it automatically my same old mac with all my files from the time machine backup or do I need to install these again?

[@madwho2007]

It worked now am on macOS Catalina thank you I'm yore new sub

[@Narayanasuri08]

Thanks for this! This was extremely resourceful :)

[@Mr.Macintosh]

You bet Narayana!! 👍

[@drabbster]

Heads up for people trying to downgrade right now on Apple M1: Going from Monterey 12.2 to Big Sur 11.2.3 does not work. It won't recognize the installer drive on boot. Create an installer drive from the latest Big Sur 11.6 instead and it will work. BUT: time machine could only restore the backups from Big Sur. The backups that I did in Monterey COULD NOT BE RESTORED IN BIG SUR! So make sure to BACKUP your data BEFORE UPDATING to Monterey, as long as you're able to!

[@TheunmtnH]

This answer helped me after 3 nights trying to get 11.2.3 to run. Now ik can go on with my life ;-) Thank you!!!!

[@drabbster]

@@TheunmtnH You're welcome, mate! I'm happy that my comment was of use to somebody! :)

[@VideoyIvana]

@@drabbster Will I be able to downgrade the firmware from Monterey 12.4 to Big Sur 11.6?

[@mcjimmy7494]

Please help, when I erase the drive on my mac, it instantly restarts instead of letting me exit disk utility normally. Then when it boots back up i can only install montoerey. I have my usb boot drive and I've followed all the steps but I still can't figure out what I'm doing wrong...

[@RevanthKausikan]

Thanks! Extremely informative!

[@SammySuperStar]

This is a great video! I actually needed this

[@Mr.Macintosh]

Glad it was helpful!

[@sarthakpal9447]

I'm having a lot of trouble downgrading it. Currently I have MBA M1. Whenever I erase the Macintosh HD in Disk Utility, it asks 'Erase Mac and Restart'. And when I do that, the Mac restarts and is unable to read the Big Sur from the USB drive and just shows the option 'Recover macos Monterey'. Can someone help me understand how to overcome this issue?

[@tharunreddy3730]

i have the same issue.

[@matiasencinameneses3238]

I have the same issue

[@tharunreddy3730]

Here is the Fix people. re erase the drive. switch off the Mac and power it back on you should be able to load directly to installer page with Big sur as the OS or whatever OS you have on the bootable usb drive. worked for me.

[@boganlogan1195]

@@tharunreddy3730 i tried this and it didn’t work

[@iziahyarde7903]

Option key isn’t giving me the alternative boot up neither is command R :/

[@PaulRichards78]

My Mac mini will not recognise option key Just goes straight to loading os Even with wired keyboard Please advise Thanks

[@oreothesweet]

Thank you so much. You saved my life. Cheers

[@Mr.Macintosh]

Glad it helped Norio! 👍

[@KAPhotography]

can i install macos bigsur without erasing the content of the drive ? because i have files inside.

[@aljames7345]

Very clever and friendly guy, thanks a lot.

[@MRWebb1991]

Thank you this was very helpful

[@Mr.Macintosh]

Glad it was helpful @Mr Webb!!!

[@Betto80]

Hi I’ve installed big sur on not supported MacBook Pro 2009 but is not possible to download Netflix on the App Store..how can I dove that?

[@D-One]

This caused me to loose the ability to use the "Startup Secutiry Utility", to allow external drivers to be installed. Trying to use it gives me an error: "Security Settings cannot be changed" any Ideias??

[@Plykeeps]

I have an M1 and it dosnt show any of my usb installers ??

[@VideoyIvana]

you can install only the current firmware

[@chretienrisley7853]

Thanks Mr. Mac for helping me to get Big Sur on my 2012 MB Pro 13 Ret. Like a brand new car. Should I get Monterey when it comes out? Will it work or is it time to consider upgrading to the soon to be released MB PRO 14/16? Circa 10 years on laptop is cool with me so money is not an issue. Thanks as always for the tech support !

[@seranes_silence]

After choosing the Big Sur Installer on my usb flash drive it does take me back to macOS utilities after quite a while BUT the only option I ALWAYS get is my starter OS Catalina. Why???

[@sandyturner1911]

I was told by Apple help that you can not install anything with a bootable USB on a M1/M2 silicon Mac. It's a different procedure.

[@whiteberry4054]

thanks man its working for my MacBook air m1

[@kylebraymen2483]

Why is my Mac requiring me to get a wired connection to my wifi router before installing Big Sur off my USB? Even wired it won’t register and can’t install wtf help please

[@frecadore86]

Thank YOU Sir , Was Very Useful !!!

[@andrepotthoff5355]

Sorry, this does NOT work on ALL the M1s.. i got a new one last week and i am trying for a week now to downgrade to big sur, but it wont work. i got no internet recovery and i dont get even a usb drive to startup, allthough i have tried formatting the ssd m2 i am using in an external case in as master boot record or as GUID.. so what am i doing wront? the createinstallmedia tells me the media is created successfull but it doesnt show up on startup. what am i doing wrong? On the recovery options you show at 4:13 i only have the security settings for the macintosh HD and there i cant change the settings for other drives... bummer :(

[@whitedragon153]

Question: Ever since downgrading from Monterey to Big Sur some of my 3rd party app's no longer work and give me this error "runtime library is newer than runtime". Is there a way to fix this? Does this have to do with downgrading from Monterey to Big Sur or is it caused by something else?

[@MagikCinder]

why do i keep updating??? every time i do it, it doesn't help me at all and just takes away support from my games i paid money for

[@asmitabhongade4858]

What should I do its telling me installer is damage

[@batman47751]

What if you got 2011 mac and you upgrade to monnery and you wish to downgrade in the beginning I had high sierra

[@talfrei]

When I erased the HD I got a screen showing illustration of the mac mini with arrow under the power switch and then a slide illustration of the mouse with arrow over the power switch. What does this mean? I couldn't figure out what to do so I shut down and rebooted in recovery mode again. Now the mouse does not work and I cannot select Install macos Big Sur. very frustrating.

[@stevemalu6780]

Thank You So much you have saved me..

[@ZadikHMayuk]

Hello Mr Macintosh I have MacBook Pro M1 I try to Monterey Beta and after a few days I installed Big Sur again from USB Yes you’re right recovery Monterey Beta not Big Sur My question is if I’m upgrading Monterey (Not Beta) Recovery options it’s still Monterey Beta or Official Monterey ? Or only way back in normal DFU mode The problem is I have only 1 Mac Thank you

[@Mr.Macintosh]

I'm glad i put that part into the video to help explain. Yes if you wanted to get recovery back to big sur you would need a 2nd mac. BUT this is not bad if you dont, as you can leve monterey on recovery until the Final or public version launches in the fall. When that happens and you upgrade the recovery version of monterey beta will be updated to the final version. 👍

[@ZadikHMayuk]

Thank you 😊

[@samuelpeterson7328]

It is not working for me… The bootable drive does not pop up. Is there a way I can downgrade by using a time machine backup with Big Sur on it?

[@Mr.Macintosh]

Hello Samuel, Apple changed the way time machine works in Big Sur and newer. You can only use the TM backup at the setup assistant window after reinstalling macOS. When you hold down option you are not seeing the Big Sur installer USB ?

[@samuelpeterson7328]

@@Mr.Macintosh first of I didn’t, but I know how to fix it now. After deleting Macintosh I had to power off and hold the power button again. Then in recovery mode the drive with big sur did pop up.

[@bendover1853]

Hi, I accidentally clicked on “erase” instead of “erase volume group” have i fucked things up?

[@TheTrapHouzz]

i used this method to downgrade to big sur, but i am ihaving issues soome apps crashing for no reason acess violation error, plus when i got to about this mac system report and audio section i am getting error "There was an error while gathering this information." i want to reinstall macosx from the recovery but it now only says reinstall monetery, what can i do... alot of my programs are not working properly

[@VSJuniorX]

hi bro i also have a macbook air 2017 my scrolling is very choppy in all apple apps and while split screen whenever i try to adjust the screen that thing is also laggy which is very annoying can u plz help me bro🙏🙂

[@aycardo10]

Will this work with open core on my 2011 MacBook Pro?

[@Mr.Macintosh]

Yes, but you will need to use OCLP to build a big sur installer to install big sur 👍

[@leonjohnson609]

SSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOOO helpful!!! thank you sooooooooo much

[@user-pm9nj8qz4t]

Help , I did follow your process to downgrade from Ventura to Big Sur as Ventura does not accept my apogee card while Big Sur does. So I did the bootable USB key and did format my Hard drive but once I am at the step of installing the computer tells me it can’t install on my hard drive and that’s it. Back to egg. What should I do. I have a M1 with Ventura . Thank you Régis

[@barkathussaini5600]

Hello sir i cant find startup security utility i dont see any option for that

[@vladyslavk5363]

I can't Enable External USB boot. When doing permission it said me that there isn't administartor. resetpassword comman doesn't work also. Do you have idead what can i do?

[@PierLim]

If after following the instructions to down grade to big sur , I use a time machine backup that was done in Monterey , does the is become Monterey again?

[@j-r-m7775]

It doesn’t give me the option to select my hard drive when booting from a Catalina instal thumb drive.

[@StefanMetze]

THX for this video 👍🏻👨🏻‍💻

[@oliviafrancis4253]

HELP! Since I switched to macOS Monterey 'version 12.6.2' I can't use/access 'Garageband' anymore. Can I undo this? If so, how?

[@BERETTA1641]

i just purchased a mac studio with monterey installed in it, but i'm a music producer and i lost all of my plugins , so is it possible i can downgrade to catalina on a mac studio?

[@four3473]

Thank you so much man!

[@Mr.Macintosh]

No problem!

[@danielwoodman661]

Thank you for the help!

[@ozmosis9617]

Got all the way though to 9:08 then I can't install big Sur it's just says monteray

[@axelfassio8893]

HELP. After erasing Macintosh HD, the system restarts automatically and only after activates. Doing so it does not give me the option to continue to Big Sur but, instead, I can reinstall Monterey...

[@Suhrid]

I installed Monterey on my M1 MBP 2 days ago, and so far, gaming performance for me is worse than it was on Big Sur, and Apple messed up VSync, setting my FPS to Vsync maxes out at 120 fps... that's for the new MacBooks.. I just want Big Sur back :(

[@bazwav]

Why are you trying to game on a mac???

[@Suhrid]

@@bazwav uhh, I don't know tbh

[@SarahBird]

Thanks so much. I’m having a problem going from Monterey to Catalina. I’m using the usb stick way. On the install, it gets to 2 minutes left and then says “an error occurred validating the installer data. The download is either damaged or incomplete”. Anyone have any wisdom for me?

[@michaelkillen4645]

I erased the disk utility before allowing booting from external media and now I can't access anything. Is there anything I can do?

[@me4811]

i erased mackintosh hdd and on internet recovery is loading but also has an issue, -1008f and others help, it is macbook pro 2019 with touch bar what should i do

[@Yoyoyojohn]

You are the best! Thank you!

[@-jem]

i'm on an intel mac trying to downgrade from monterey to big sur, and when it comes to the "internet connection is required for startup disk" instead it's saying "software update is required for startup disk" but when i update its saying "an error occurred installing the update" help??

[@Kanyewest3]

Did you fix it?

[@toscacamille7194]

Hi! How do I downgrade from big sur to catalina or mojave for old macbook pro 2011? I upgraded from high sierra to big sur by watching one of your videos. Thanks!

[@joehorvathebe]

This not working for me. Everything was fin until install. My bootable drive is not beeing seen. The only thing there is reinstall of Monterey. 2021 mac book pro M1

[@Mr.Macintosh]

Hello Joe, can you go back to the disk utility and see what it shows? You might need to format the drive again.

[@joehorvathebe]

@@Mr.Macintosh The drive is not there, It was shown before erasing the HD but now it.s not listed.

[@joehorvathebe]

Reinstalled monterey because it was the only choice and now the install media drive shows again.

[@joehorvathebe]

Just talked to Apple Support and said that this mac originally had Monterey on it. My school said it was big sur. So not possible to down grade with it shipping with Monterey supposedly. I am not a Mac guy, but the school uses them, so I am completely ignorant with Mac.

[@DubtrackerFM]

2017 mbp. Can I use an external HD instead of a flash drive?

[@Roberorozco2003]

Hi Mr. Macintosh, I just got a MacBook Pro M1pro chip, Monterey OS 2021, is it possible to downgrade to a different OS? I bought this computer for music production, specifically to use with pro tools and waves SuperRack, this is my first MBP and unfortunately I didn’t research enough about the technical aspects… neither pro tools or SuperRack are still compatible with this OS… there’s no accurate updates about when I’ll be able to use this computer with the softwares I mentioned!

[@anbo0o0o]

I’m in the same boat. Just got my Mac mini M1 yesterday to find that pro tools is not supported. Did you figure a work around or were you able to go down to Big Sur? The Big Sur installer won’t download for me.

[@Roberorozco2003]

@@anbo0o0o I actually had to return the MacBook, I got a 2020 model instead, the 2021 MBP comes originally with Monterey OS, that’s why is not possible to downgrade according to apple, the MacBook I recently bought already had Monterey OS installed too, but since this model was released with Big Sur OS, I was able to downgrade, I’m using Pro tools right now through the Rosetta application without issues! I can use most of the waves plugins in pro tools, waves super rack is still not compatible with any of the M1 chip computers… this guys are taking forever! I hope this helps!