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Pianoworldstage

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Jul 3, 2019
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Hi,

Just to be clear, when performing a re-installation of MacOS, does this process re-install the same OS, in my case OS Catalina, or will it install the new version MacOS Monterey? I'm looking only to make fresh installation of OS Catalina, i assume then I would be needing to perform a factory reset as opposed to a new installation, or have I got that wrong?

Thanks.
 
What Mac do you have?
What year was it made?
What was the original OS that came with it?
 
Hi,

Just to be clear, when performing a re-installation of MacOS, does this process re-install the same OS, in my case OS Catalina, or will it install the new version MacOS Monterey? I'm looking only to make fresh installation of OS Catalina, i assume then I would be needing to perform a factory reset as opposed to a new installation, or have I got that wrong?

Thanks.
I think latest supported one
 
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