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I accepted to restart for 'Security Updates' yesterday, but pretty sure macOS then attempted to install Catalina! (I was on High Sierra before). My Mac restarted but the install kept hanging at 'Estimating Time Remaining...' (I tried restarting several times, then also leaving overnight to no avail). It seemed other people had this issue, but that there was no clear way to resolve it. I tried to restart in Safe Mode, but that failed too.

Hence I restarted in Recovery Mode, then erased MackintoshMacintosh HD (just the OS container) and installed High Sierra again on this drive. This worked, which I was relieved about, as my last Time Machine was several months ago. However, I now have none of my apps/files linked and it would be a nightmare to have to do everything again now. I also lost a load of content from my Sublime (I guess it usually caches these, but I can't seem to find the cached files anywhere). I also can't add to my existing Time Machine backup, the new install is separate.

Is there a way to restore the installation I had before macOS decided to ruin my setup? I had a lot of custom apps and things set up, which will take ages to do again. Or failing that, how would I go about linking all my apps and files to this new installation?

I accepted to restart for 'Security Updates' yesterday, but pretty sure macOS then attempted to install Catalina! (I was on High Sierra before). My Mac restarted but the install kept hanging at 'Estimating Time Remaining...' (I tried restarting several times, then also leaving overnight to no avail). It seemed other people had this issue, but that there was no clear way to resolve it. I tried to restart in Safe Mode, but that failed too.

Hence I restarted in Recovery Mode, then erased Mackintosh HD (just the OS container) and installed High Sierra again on this drive. This worked, which I was relieved about, as my last Time Machine was several months ago. However, I now have none of my apps/files linked and it would be a nightmare to have to do everything again now. I also lost a load of content from my Sublime (I guess it usually caches these, but I can't seem to find the cached files anywhere). I also can't add to my existing Time Machine backup, the new install is separate.

Is there a way to restore the installation I had before macOS decided to ruin my setup? I had a lot of custom apps and things set up, which will take ages to do again. Or failing that, how would I go about linking all my apps and files to this new installation?

I accepted to restart for 'Security Updates' yesterday, but pretty sure macOS then attempted to install Catalina! (I was on High Sierra before). My Mac restarted but the install kept hanging at 'Estimating Time Remaining...' (I tried restarting several times, then also leaving overnight to no avail). It seemed other people had this issue, but that there was no clear way to resolve it. I tried to restart in Safe Mode, but that failed too.

Hence I restarted in Recovery Mode, then erased Macintosh HD (just the OS container) and installed High Sierra again on this drive. This worked, which I was relieved about, as my last Time Machine was several months ago. However, I now have none of my apps/files linked and it would be a nightmare to have to do everything again now. I also lost a load of content from my Sublime (I guess it usually caches these, but I can't seem to find the cached files anywhere). I also can't add to my existing Time Machine backup, the new install is separate.

Is there a way to restore the installation I had before macOS decided to ruin my setup? I had a lot of custom apps and things set up, which will take ages to do again. Or failing that, how would I go about linking all my apps and files to this new installation?

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I accepted to restart for 'security updates''Security Updates' yesterday, but pretty sure OSXmacOS then attempted to install Catalina! (I was on High Sierra before). My macMac restarted but the install kept hanging at 'Estimating Time Remaining...' (I tried restarting several times, then also leaving overnight withto no avail). It seemed other people had this issue, but that there was no clear way to resolve.. it.I I tried to restart in safe modeSafe Mode, but that failed too.

Hence I restarted in recovery modeRecovery Mode, then erased Mackintosh HD (just the OS container) and installed High Sierra again on this drive. This worked, which I was relieved about, as my last time machineTime Machine was several months ago. However, I now have zeronone of my apps/files linked and it would be a nightmare to have to do everything again now... I also lost a load of content from my sublimeSublime (I guess it usually caches these, but I can't seem to find the cached files anywhere)... I also can't add to my existing time machineTime Machine backup, the new install is separate.

Is there a way to restore the installation I had before OSXmacOS decided to ruin my setup? I had a lot of custom apps and things setupset up, which will take ages to do again... Or failing that, how would I go about linking all my apps and files to this new installation? Thanks.

I accepted to restart for 'security updates' yesterday, but pretty sure OSX then attempted to install Catalina! (I was on High Sierra before). My mac restarted but the install kept hanging at 'Estimating Time Remaining...' (I tried restarting several times, then also leaving overnight with no avail). It seemed other people had this issue, but that there was no clear way to resolve...I tried to restart in safe mode, but that failed too.

Hence I restarted in recovery mode, then erased Mackintosh HD (just the OS container) and installed High Sierra again on this drive. This worked, which I was relieved about, as my last time machine was several months ago. However, I now have zero of my apps/files linked and it would be a nightmare to have to do everything again now... I also lost a load of content from my sublime (I guess it usually caches these, but I can't seem to find the cached files anywhere)... I also can't add to my existing time machine backup, the new install is separate.

Is there a way to restore the installation I had before OSX decided to ruin my setup? I had a lot of custom apps and things setup, which will take ages to do again... Or failing that, how would I go about linking all my apps and files to this new installation? Thanks.

I accepted to restart for 'Security Updates' yesterday, but pretty sure macOS then attempted to install Catalina! (I was on High Sierra before). My Mac restarted but the install kept hanging at 'Estimating Time Remaining...' (I tried restarting several times, then also leaving overnight to no avail). It seemed other people had this issue, but that there was no clear way to resolve it. I tried to restart in Safe Mode, but that failed too.

Hence I restarted in Recovery Mode, then erased Mackintosh HD (just the OS container) and installed High Sierra again on this drive. This worked, which I was relieved about, as my last Time Machine was several months ago. However, I now have none of my apps/files linked and it would be a nightmare to have to do everything again now. I also lost a load of content from my Sublime (I guess it usually caches these, but I can't seem to find the cached files anywhere). I also can't add to my existing Time Machine backup, the new install is separate.

Is there a way to restore the installation I had before macOS decided to ruin my setup? I had a lot of custom apps and things set up, which will take ages to do again. Or failing that, how would I go about linking all my apps and files to this new installation?

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Recovering from a failed update in a way that I don't lose everything and have to setup everything again from scratch

I accepted to restart for 'security updates' yesterday, but pretty sure OSX then attempted to install Catalina! (I was on High Sierra before). My mac restarted but the install kept hanging at 'Estimating Time Remaining...' (I tried restarting several times, then also leaving overnight with no avail). It seemed other people had this issue, but that there was no clear way to resolve...I tried to restart in safe mode, but that failed too.

Hence I restarted in recovery mode, then erased Mackintosh HD (just the OS container) and installed High Sierra again on this drive. This worked, which I was relieved about, as my last time machine was several months ago. However, I now have zero of my apps/files linked and it would be a nightmare to have to do everything again now... I also lost a load of content from my sublime (I guess it usually caches these, but I can't seem to find the cached files anywhere)... I also can't add to my existing time machine backup, the new install is separate.

Is there a way to restore the installation I had before OSX decided to ruin my setup? I had a lot of custom apps and things setup, which will take ages to do again... Or failing that, how would I go about linking all my apps and files to this new installation? Thanks.