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Aug 28, 2016 3:03 PM in response to fourcandles2012by Bob Timmons,"Preparing" is going to take ages if you performed a Hard Reset on the Time Capsule.
Make sure that you are not trying to back up over wireless, which will take 3-5 times longer, on average, than a direct Ethernet connection between your Mac and the Time Capsule.
Even with a direct Ethernet connection, you might see "Preparing" for a number of hours before the actual back up begins.
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Aug 28, 2016 6:52 PM in response to fourcandles2012by MacsCat,I had the same issue, unplugged the modem and TC, everything reset nicely. Then the backup process, which I always do over WIFI, seemed to take a long time. Around 20 minutes later however, the backup began, and took around 10 minutes for a 3.89gig backup
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Aug 29, 2016 1:17 PM in response to fourcandles2012by Eric Root,