make usb installer for catalina

[nephron8]

hi,
i am running big sur on my late 2013 macbook pro retina and for slowdowns and other beachballs,i want to go back from mac os big sur to catalina.i managed to download catalina on this macbook pro.
i am somehow not able to make installer with diskmaker app.

pls guide this noob fellow to make catalina installer on my macbook running big sur.
thanks in advance.

 

[Grumpus]

pls guide this noob fellow to make catalina installer on my macbook running big sur.
thanks in advance.

You need to run createinstallmedia in a Terminal window. Take a look at this Apple support article for the details.

 

[CoastalOR]

hi,
i am running big sur on my late 2013 macbook pro retina and for slowdowns and other beachballs,i want to go back from mac os big sur to catalina.i managed to download catalina on this macbook pro.
i am somehow not able to make installer with diskmaker app.

pls guide this noob fellow to make catalina installer on my macbook running big sur.
thanks in advance.

DiskMaker app does not and will not support Big Sur (see red text).

DiskMaker X

diskmakerx.com

Install Disk Creator.app v1.5 will work on Big Sur & Monterey (I've used it on both OS').

Make a Bootable USB macOS Installer Download the update for Big Sur compatibility -

What’s needed for a clean install on a Mac A backup of the disk before it’s erased. Two options are to use Duplicate (a free utility which can copy and paste an entire bootable volume), or Mac Backup Guru (a paid, fully featured backup utility with unique incremental backups capability) for...

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or use createinstallmedia as Grumpus mentioned.

 

[nephron8]

I tried diskmaker x but its not completing task.I am using 64gb usb 3 key from sandisk but no luck.
any alternative to diskmaker x
?

thanks a lot