Just updated to OS Monterey and timemachine is not doing auto backups (even though selected to do so), I have to manually backup which takes hours, even though I have done a manual backup the day before. Anyone have a suggestion. Many thanks
MacBook Pro 15″, OS X 10.11
Could you post a screenshot that shows that a) automatic backups are on and b) there is no "Next backup:"? That definitely sounds like unexpected behavior.
First thing I'd try is a test user. You would go to System Preferences > Users & Groups and create a new user. The name and password don't matter, just be sure it's an administrator rather than standard account. Then, log out ( Apple Menu > Log Out [name]) and into the new user. You don't need to sign in with the Apple id when it asks you to. You'll then want to attempt creating an automatic backup. If that works, the issue is something related to your user account data. It can be hard to narrow down from there. Otherwise, the issue is with system data, and you may want to consider reinstalling macOS as a troubleshooting step.
The user guide article doesn't have information specific to automatic backup troubleshooting. It does mention being up to date. I know you said monterey, is it running the latest version (12.4)?
Time Machine troubleshooting on Mac - Apple Support
Could you post a screenshot that shows that a) automatic backups are on and b) there is no "Next backup:"? That definitely sounds like unexpected behavior.
First thing I'd try is a test user. You would go to System Preferences > Users & Groups and create a new user. The name and password don't matter, just be sure it's an administrator rather than standard account. Then, log out ( Apple Menu > Log Out [name]) and into the new user. You don't need to sign in with the Apple id when it asks you to. You'll then want to attempt creating an automatic backup. If that works, the issue is something related to your user account data. It can be hard to narrow down from there. Otherwise, the issue is with system data, and you may want to consider reinstalling macOS as a troubleshooting step.
The user guide article doesn't have information specific to automatic backup troubleshooting. It does mention being up to date. I know you said monterey, is it running the latest version (12.4)?
Time Machine troubleshooting on Mac - Apple Support
This same thing happened to me, too. It turns out my G-Drive for Time Machine was no longer connected. I reconnected it and all seems well with Time Machine now.
My backups stopped at about the same time as I installed the latest Monterey update, 12.4. Seems possible that the update caused the G-Drive disconnect, which has never happened before.
Go to System Preferences > Time Machine. When automatic backups are enabled, it should say "Next backup: [time]" at the top of the window. Do you see that? And if so, what happens when the clock reaches that time?
Monterey prefers that the TM drive be formatted to APFS, GUID Partition ilo HFS (Mac OS Journaled). Also you will find it more difficult to access your old backed up files if on the same drive. I would suggest you get another drive and use Disk Utilities to format to APFS and start a new backup. You can keep your old drive just in case for now.
In that case, I would in fact recommend reinstalling macOS. If you have an Intel Mac, enter recovery by holding option+command+r in order to install the latest version of Monterey.
How to reinstall macOS - Apple Support
Not sure this is the reason but is your TM drive formatted to APFS? Also ** you start a clean TM drive or does it contain your previous OS? Monterey likes a dedicated drive.
Could you provide a screenshot that shows "Last backup:" and "Next backup:"? That isn't visible when a backup is in progress.
Thanks for your reply. The time machine doesn’t show next backup and is still not auto backing up. I purchased a new hard drive, formatted it to apfs, as suggested, but it still isn’t auto backing up. Have to manually back up.
Hi, I had a problem with my laptop constantly restarting in a loop, so took it into Apple. They had to completely wipe my hard drive and installed the new operating system, so I assume it would be the very latest. This was 2 weeks ago and since then I have not been able to get time machine to work properly.
Hi, thanks for your reply. It is an existing hard drive that I have been using previously, so would have all the previous backups from the older operating system. Not sure what formatting apfs is.
So this is a screen shot of the Timemachine. It says it does hourly backups but doesn't do any automatically. I have a separate hard drive for home and one at work. It takes hours to manually backup.
Hi, I tried with a new admin user and it is still the same, just doesn’t show “next back up”, as previously. Still has backup automatically ticked,
Just updated to OS Monterey and timemachine is not doing auto backups
