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Waiting to complete first backup

I've migrated to a my new Macbook Pro 14 inch M1 Pro, 32GB, 4 TB using the Migration Assistant.

Afterwards, I created a new backup on my Western Digital 8TB external drive. All good.


After experiencing some issues with Alfred (off topic), I decided to do a clean install of my Macbook.

Afterwards, I erased the 8TB drive and tried to create a new backup using Time Machine.


Time Machine says: 'Waiting to complete first backup'. It is stuck.

I've found an article on it here:

https://www.macrumors.com/2021/12/08/time-machine-initial-backup-error/


Any news on this issue? How to resolve it?



MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 12.1

Posted on Jan 2, 2022 12:49 AM

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