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Sierra and Time Machine

Hi.

So I upgraded to Sierra yesterday morning.

Time Machine has been stuck since.

It's stuck on 'Preparing Backup'.

It's been about 18 hours.

At what point should I worry? And suggestions on a fix?

Don

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.1)

Posted on Sep 21, 2016 6:21 PM

272 replies

Agreed.

my next backup went within seconds even without disabelling anything.

May be it is because of the different file system that has come out in High Sierra

Thank you

I had the same issue and following your steps fixed it.

Sierra and Time Machine

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