It’s my first Time Machine back up. It’s normal it take to mutch time ?
i am just at 56 % and it progresses slowly it's normal ?
my Mac said around 2h and the 1h is pass and I have the same message (2h after 1h) normal ?
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.6
The first TimeMachine backup always takes a long time.
Although you can trust the progression percentage as accurate, the amount of time remaining is pure fantasy. It goes up and down all the time depending on the guesses made by the application. Yes, time remaining is a guess.
Leave it for the day and see what happens.
The first TimeMachine backup always takes a long time.
Although you can trust the progression percentage as accurate, the amount of time remaining is pure fantasy. It goes up and down all the time depending on the guesses made by the application. Yes, time remaining is a guess.
Leave it for the day and see what happens.
In addition, how fast a Time Machine backup progresses in its first backup depends on the drive you are backing up to and how much needs to be backed up.
If it is an SSD, it will be relatively quick. For my M1 MacBook Air with ~200 GB it takes about 45 minutes with a Samsung T7 SSD. If is is a regular HDD with only a 5400 RPM drive, the backup will could be three to four times longer or more.
Are you using a USB drive as TimeMachine?
First, it is extremely slow.
Second, it is very small. It will fill up very quickly.
Third, it is absolutely not reliable. That is a very bad idea.
Spend a little money on an external drive, HDD or SSD.
Not worry, Time Machine is not necessary for me. I use Time Machine to :
I am ok with a USB. Maybe in the futur I will buy a HDD or SSD but not for my Mac 2015 (all my files are in iCloud so…) tanks for your recommendation 😉
Ok tanks i will come back you 😉
My Time Machine is finish in a usb 32 go 😉 (my Mac don’t have a lot of documents so I can une it) tanks for your answer. Maybe I the future I will buy a SSD 😉
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