Leaving Monterey and turning back to Big Sur

[alisalem]

I have been working on reproducing the account creation issue. I've been able to reproduce it on Monterey but not Big Bur with the latest version 11.5.1.

@Johnnyangel @alisalem If you have a moment, Could you answer a few questions? What version of Monterey were you on? Beta 4? What version of Big Sur did you use to install? 11.5.1?

Could you walk me through exactly how you erased the drive? Did you click Macintosh HD and then "erase volume group" or did you just click erase only then exited out to start the installer?

Did you both use iCloud?

Also if you could, how did you create the user account? Did you first login to your AppleID and then proceeded to the next screen where your account name was already populated?

The answers that you provide could help me reproduce this on Big Sur. We could then get this fixed so others won't have the same trouble in the future.

First of all, I want to highlight that your YouTube videos saved my ass, so thanks! I don't recall exact details, unfortunately, but I'll try:

1. It was the first Monterey developer release. I installed whatever Big Sur version was released at that time when I rolled back.
2. I can't remember how I performed the erase, but I think I erased the volume group because I tend to opt for the cleanest possible solution. Since my MBA is a secondary device, I keep my data stored on my iMac and therefore, I think I likely went for a full-blown drive wipe.
3. I always use iCloud.
4. I followed each step of the Big Sur onboarding wizard in their usual order. I don't recall the exact order, but if I was prompted to log in with my Apple ID before creating a local account, then I most likely signed in first.

Thanks for your help!