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Slow backup

Advised by an Apple consultant to back up my Mac as it appears to have an issue - it’s extremely slow. Started back up through time machine to another external drive but it is stuck in preparing backup (no over 4 hours). How can I complete the backup?


iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Aug 29, 2022 2:03 AM

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Posted on Aug 29, 2022 8:40 AM

Refer to If Time Machine remains in the “preparing” stage - Apple Support. The first backup will take a long time.

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Slow backup

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