> the big three of which are Mail, iPhoto, and iTunes. As you know, iTunes was converted over to the new Music app. I know that they ditched the .xml companion format for the music library (frustrating DJs everywhere). However, I see that in Catalina, there's a new ~/Music/Music folder where the new library format lives, alongside the old ~/Music/iTunes. The old iTunes library files appear not to have been touched.
Don't know about Photos and Mail (wait, iPhoto? That was eons ago...). Photos did receive a lot of upgrades but the first launch was quick so it didn't seem like the library was being converted. Isn't most likely that your client's crashes are being caused because they still have some old 32-bit software installed? Mightn't it be cleaner to search-and-destroy the old software than to take this drastic step backwards? ./s On Sat, Dec 21, 2019 at 1:21 PM Macs R We <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a client who, bullied by the incessant nag messages from Apple to > upgrade his iMac to Catalina, did so. Now he is experiencing random crashes > and wants to downgrade back to Mojave. Of course, he has no backup history. > > I can save his current system off via Time Machine or clone, and then > reinitialize his iMac to Mojave, though I realize I run the risk of file > migration refusing to migrate in that direction. If that occurs, the best I > will be able to do is a whole-blood transfusion of his home folder, which > at best may leave a few facilities ajar. > > It will be worse if Catalina made major format changes to any of the > centralized user data catalogs, the big three of which are Mail, iPhoto, > and iTunes. > > Can someone who has installed Catalina tell me if any of those three apps > issued a "please wait while I reformat your database" message when they > upgraded? > > -- > Macs R We -- Personal Macintosh Service and Support > in the Wickenburg and far Northwest Valley Areas. > http://macsrwe.com > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk > -- d(-_-)b
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