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Q: Why do I get a hanging black screen when I start Time Machine?

Hi there,

 

So I went to start the Time Machine backup application and I get thrown into a black screen that doesnt change.. I then have to exit out of it by holding the esc key.

 

Im on a mac mini 2.9 ghz intel core i5

 

8GB ram

 

Any thoughts?

 

thanks

 

Ps. The hardrive that it is using works fine and time machine HAS been making backups to the HD. I just cant use the application to get to them!

Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Feb 18, 2014 12:38 PM