My time machine stuck backing up at 7.72 GB of 178.74.
It's an external drive where I try to back it up.
Also it's the second time I try to back up and it stuck again at the exact same spot 7.72GB .
What should I do?
iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3), 27-inch Intel Quad-Core i7 2.93GHz 8GB 2TB
I am sorry but I meant to post this on Mac OS X Yosemite .Can I move the post there?
I'll ask the hosts to move the post.
Start with D2 in the 1st linked article.
Thank you Eric!
You are welcome.
I'm having the same problem, but in KB rather than GB.
I had to stop the backup because my MacBook was out of battery, after having backed up aprox 50 GB out of 400 GB. I stopped the backup from the Time Machine menu, and ejected correctly, before disconnecting the external HD. After charging the macbook I plugged the backup disk back in, and then Time Machine spends about an hour "Preparing Backup." Then it starts copying, but stays in the KB for hours, until I run out of battery... and then I repeat the process...
I've been over everything on http://pondini.org/TM/D2.html. I've also tried booting in to safe mode, clearing pram, verifying / repairing disk & permissions on both the macbook and the external disk. Nothing I've tried gets the backup back to a normal speed.
MacBook is from 2015 and software is up to date.
External hard drive is a Western Digital 1TB.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Try A4 in the 1st linked article.
yup, did this already. it still either spends an hour preparing backup, or gets stuck when trying to pick up the last backup, or both...
Also of note: when I last reconnected the drive, TM decided to delete the 50 GB of partial backup and start all over again. why??
Time Machine Stuck
