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Cleaner 10.14 Software I UseSo Im wondering, would the new 2020 Mac mini that ship out from here on out still be able to run macOS 10.14 Mojave Has anyone been able to test or confirm this Really need to know bc some software I use for work doesnt run in 10.15 yet, so I need to downgrade for the time being -- thats why I ask.My guess is that it CAN be done, but to do so one will need a pre-created USB flash drive installer (or external drive with a copy of Mojave installed) to do the job.Easiest way would be to take an EXTERNAL USB boot drive with Mojave installed, plug it in, and see if you can get the 2020 Mini to boot from it. One would first have to boot to the recovery partition and disable Startup Security, of course (which I did first thing after I took my 2018 Mini out of the box). Funny thing was, after I created the Mojave installer disk and booted from it I found I was unable to install Mojave to the external hard drive until I reformatted it as APFS I was hoping to keep that external drive as Mac OS Extended. About this Mac shows the year as 2018, it appears that there is not really a 2020 Mac mini. It did come with Catalina (10.15.3) pre-installed. I did call Apple Support and confirmed that there is only a 2018 Mac mini, no 2020. I also asked, since I have a 2018 and the original OS was 10.14 when released, that I should be able to downgrade to Mojave. The Support person said I should be able to downgrade the OS. If you look at the footnotes in the Overview page for this model at Apples website, youll note that all of the performance tests were conducted in 2018. Cleaner 10.14 Upgrade The FirmwareDoes installing 10.15 also upgrade the firmware somehow Have you seen a change log or documentation somewhere that mentions not being able to downgrade. Just wish I could walk into an Apple store to test it out in person but the current situation and store closures in the US makes it impossible for now. I would try installing Mojave by using a flash drive installer as recommended. If the 2020 Mini is indeed the same as the 2018 model, Mojave should install okay. You will need to do a clean install though as you can not install Mojave over the top of Catalina.
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