Time Machine stuck on ‘preparing for backup’ for 12 hours
I have a iMac 21.5 inch 2019 model running Mojave 10.14.5 and have been successfully doing backups with Time Machine for the last 3 months.
However when I tried to initiate a backup earlier today the backup did not execute as normal, instead the ‘preparing for backup’ stage, which normally just lasts for a few minutes, has been going for over 12 hours.
i do not understand why this is so, as I have only added maybe 3 GB of data since the last backup.
My questions are:-
- Why is the ‘preparing for backup’ task going on for so long?
- Should I just keep waiting and hope that the actual backup task starts soon?
- If not, what do I need to do to carry out the backup?
iMac Line (2012 and Later)