Upgrade to Catalina from High Sierra: Weighing Your Options

Before you start the process of downgrading your Mac, it's essential to back up your data. The steps are similar to those above, and following these guidelines should enable you to restore Mojave or even High Sierra on your Intel-powered Mac if needed. You may want to downgrade to Catalina instead.

However, our recommendation remains that it's a good time to update to Ventura if you haven't yet. For instance, Apple has addressed a Wi-Fi bug related to AirDrop since introducing Ventura. Since then, there have been some issues and problems with the new operating system. Intel Macs miss out on features such as Live Captions, Dictation emoji support, and Reference Mode with Sidecar.

Another issue (shared with Monterey, Big Sur, Catalina, Mojave, and High Sierra) is that when Apple updates the operating system with new features, users sometimes encounter problems and vulnerabilities with the new software. If you don't have an M1 Mac, you won't get these Ventura features. If you're using an Intel Mac, it's likely that you'll be missing out on some of Ventura's best features.

However, it's possible that your Mac can't take advantage of all the new features in Ventura. Ventura is a great update to the Mac operating system with some useful features and some iOS-inspired changes.

Upgrade to catalina from high sierra