How to Roll Back from macOS Sequoia Beta to macOS Sonoma Without Losing Data

Jun. 11, 2024

As soon as Apple rolls out the first beta for developers, many users will be excited toinstall the macOS Sequoia Developer Betaon their MacBooks to test out the new MacOS 15 features. While macOS beta updates are rewarding for impatient tech-savvies, they may have some bugs and glitches that can make your Mac devices unreliable. If you are facing any stability issues, you can downgrade from macOS 15 Beta to macOS 14 for a more polished experience. In this article, we’ve mentioned all the details on how to roll back from macOS Sequoia beta to macOS 14 Sonoma.

Turn Off Beta Updates on your Mac

When you want to restore your MacBook from macOS 15 Beta to macOS 14 Sonoma, the first step is to turn off Beta updates on your Mac. When you do this, you will reverse your enrolment in the Apple Developer Beta Program. As a result, your Mac won’t receive any beta updates. Here’s how to remove the macOS 15 beta profile from your Mac:

Once you un-enroll your Mac from Apple’s Beta Program, your device will only receive stable macOS updates.

Before you plan to uninstall the macOS 15 Sequoia beta and roll back to the stable macOS Sonoma version, you mustback up your MacBook.That’s becausewhen you uninstall macOS 15 beta, it will erase the entire Startup Disk. Using Time Machine, Apple’s built-in backup software is the best way to back up your MacBook. It lets you back up your whole MacBook data and you can easily restore your Mac to the previous date without much hassle.

Here’s how to back up your MacBook with Time Machine:

For complete details, you can refer to our step-by-step guide onhow to backup a MacBook.

Now that you’ve backed up your Mac, you’re ready to uninstall macOS 15 Sequoia Beta on your MacBook without losing any data.

Follow the below steps to roll back to macOS 14 Sonoma:

This will download a copy of macOS Sonoma and install it on your Mac. Depending on your internet connection, this might take a few minutes to a couple of hours.

Another way to roll back from macOS 15 Sequoia Beta to macOS 14 is using a Time Machine backup. If you’ve got an older backup to date when you didn’t install macOS 15 Beta on your MacBook, you can use that backup to reinstall macOS Sonoma. For that, you first need toFactory Reset your MacBookand then restore your Mac device from that Time Machine backup.