Time Machine across OS X versions

[yesjam]

If I'm on OS X 10.11, and want to downgrade to 10.9, is there a way of making 10.9's Time Machine recognize my 10.11 backups? Thanks.

 

[grahamperrin]

Essentially it's HFS Plus so Mavericks should have no difficulty restoring data that was backed up from El Capitan.

More generally, beware when considering a possible 'downgrade'; Apple is careful to avoid that word. For some apps, your user data from superior versions may be not entirely compatible with inferior versions. Don't assume that it will be possible to 'downgrade' any such data. You'll find many related discussions scattered across the web.

 

[yesjam]

Essentially it's HFS Plus so Mavericks should have no difficulty restoring data that was backed up from El Capitan.

More generally, beware when considering a possible 'downgrade'; Apple is careful to avoid that word. For some apps, your user data from superior versions may be not entirely compatible with inferior versions. Don't assume that it will be possible to 'downgrade' any such data. You'll find many related discussions scattered across the web.

Thanks grahamperrin, appreciate the help.