Symptoms
- You have an Entire Mac backup created on macOS 13 Ventura
- You start full system recovery from this backup
- After recovery is complete, you're prompted to install macOS 12 Monterey
- Mac is unbootable after installing macOS 12 Monterey
Cause
System won't boot when the backed up macOS is newer than the one installed after restore.
Solution
Download the macOS Ventura installer manually using one of the below methods and run the recovery once again: