Re: Downgrading to El Capitan

2016-09-28 Thread matthew dyer
Hi Andrew, If you have a bootable usb drive connected, holding down the option key for a few seconds then pressing left arrow once to select it should work. HTH. Matthew > On Sep 28, 2016, at 9:13 AM, Andrew Lamanche wrote: > > Hi Listers, > > Is it at all possible to

Re: Downgrading to El Capitan

2016-09-28 Thread christopher hallsworth
Hi so on my girlfriend’s upcoming first ever mac will the c shortcut only work for USB? Asking as my late 2011 mac the c shortcut only boots from CD/DVD and not USB. Need to give her this information should she need to reinstall macOS. > On 28 Sep 2016, at 18:43, Jonathan Cohn

Re: Downgrading to El Capitan

2016-09-28 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Doesn't the C shortcut work for USB in addition to CD/DVD boots? On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 11:17 AM Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Andrew, > > > On 28 Sep 2016, at 15:13, Andrew Lamanche wrote: > > If a clean installation of El Capitan were to be necessary,

Re: Downgrading to El Capitan

2016-09-28 Thread michael babcock
How to downgrade from macOS Sierra back to OS X El Capitan | iMore http://www.imore.com/how-downgrade-macos-sierra-back-os-x-el-capitan > On Sep 28, 2016, at 6:13 AM, Andrew Lamanche wrote: > > downgrade

Re: Downgrading to El Capitan

2016-09-28 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Andrew, > On 28 Sep 2016, at 15:13, Andrew Lamanche wrote: > > If a clean installation of El Capitan were to be necessary, I have > instructions on how to create a bootable El Capitan usb drive. The only > question mark I have is - as you restart your mac with the

Downgrading to El Capitan

2016-09-28 Thread Andrew Lamanche
Hi Listers, Is it at all possible to downgrade from OS Sierra to El Capitan again? If yes, would it require a clean install of El Capitan and thus loss of all the data? Although my late 2010 Macbook air is listed by Apple as being capable of running Sierra, I wonder whether it is too much to