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1 +{{box cssClass="box floatinginfobox" title="**Quick Links**"}}
2 +{{toc start="2" depth="5" numbered="true"/}}
3 +{{/box}}
4 +
5 +== Downgrade Big Sur (11.x) to Catalina (10.15) via an 11.x Host Computer ==
6 +
7 +{{warning}}
8 +These instructions will completely erase the files on computer you are installing to with no chance of recovery. Make sure you have backed up and saved everything you need before you start this process.
9 +
10 +We will also use and erase the USB drive we will use to create the install media. Again, make sure it doesn't contain anything valuable before you start.
11 +{{/warning}}
12 +
13 +1. Start with a 16GB USB drive. This USB will be erased. In our example, the USB is labelled "MyVolume"
14 +1. Download the Catalina installer for 10.15 ( [[https:~~/~~/support.apple.com/en-in/HT201372>>https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT201372]] ) from the apple app store (8GB). After downloading, the OS will try to run the installer and fail giving an error message. Just dismiss the dialog window and continue on.
15 +1. Run "createinstallmedia" via the terminal window to create the installer:
16 +11. ##sudo /Applications/Install\ macOS\ Catalina.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia ~-~-volume /Volumes/MyVolume##
17 +[[image:macos-big-sur-terminal-create-bootable-installer.jpg]]
18 +11. Eject the installer USB
19 +11. Insert the installer USB into the computer and power it on while holding the Option key pressed until the boot selection screen appears:
20 +<screenshot>
21 +11. Select the (working from a VM - look for recovery mode? utilities?)
22 +[[image:Screenshot 2021-11-03 at 17.30.44.png]]
23 +
24 +11. Use the disk utility to erase the Big Sur drive and then exit disk utility
25 +11. Install Catalina as normal.
26 +[[image:Screenshot 2021-11-03 at 17.32.39.png]]
27 +
28 +====== ~[[[top>>doc:WebHome]]] ======
29 +
1 1  == Disable MacBook Pro Dedicated GPU ==
2 2  
3 3  
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19 19  1. Run the program, follow the prompts, and enter your password when prompted.
20 20  1. Once the tool finishes running, your system should now run without the dedicated graphics, and should work completely normally.
21 21  
51 +====== ~[[[top>>doc:WebHome]]] ======
52 +
22 22  == Essential Keyboard Shortcuts for Mac ==
23 23  
24 24  (% class="min" %)
25 25  |=Shortcut|=Action
26 26  |**Startup Shortcuts**|
58 +|C|Boot from Optical Drive
27 27  |D|Boot to Apple Diagnostics
28 28  |N|Boot from a network server
29 29  |T|Boot in Target Disk Mode
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34 34  |Cmd + V|Boot in Verbose Mode
35 35  |Option|Boot to Startup Manager, to pick other startup disks if available
36 36  |Cmd + Option + P + R|Reset NVRAM or PRAM
37 -|F12|Eject removable media
69 +|Shift + Control + Option|Reset SMC
70 +|F12 or trackpad button|Eject removable media
71 +|Left Shift|Disable automatic login (if enabled)
72 +|Shift|(at login screen) Prevent Login items / Previous Windows
38 38  |**Global Shortcuts**|
39 39  |Shift + Cmd + 3|Take screenshot of entire screen
40 40  |Shift + Cmd + 4|Take screenshot of selected area
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91 91  |Cmd + Down|Move down one folder
92 92  |Cmd + Option + I|Show Attributes Inspector
93 93  |Cmd + Control + N|With files selected, create a new folder and immediately move selected files into that folder
129 +
130 +====== ~[[[top>>doc:WebHome]]] ======
131 +
132 +== Xcode Developer Tools ==
133 +
134 +[[https:~~/~~/developer.apple.com/download/>>https://developer.apple.com/download/]]
135 +
136 +=== 10.15 Catalina ===
137 +
138 +* [[Xcode>>https://download.developer.apple.com/Developer_Tools/Xcode_11.5/Xcode_11.5.xip]]
139 +* [[Xcode Command Line Tools>>https://download.developer.apple.com/Developer_Tools/Command_Line_Tools_for_Xcode_11.5/Command_Line_Tools_for_Xcode_11.5.dmg]]
140 +
141 +====== ~[[[top>>doc:WebHome]]] ======
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