
Eventually I stopped the non-performing back up after more than 2 1/2 hours and trashed the “in Progress” file. Looking again half an hour later, still 39 GB, half an hour later, same thing. That last back up was over a month ago.Īt my first of two attempts today, I noticed that it had stalled at around 39 GB.

Usually the amount to be backed up, as declared in the TimeMachine/Preferences is considerably less than that, and I don’t remember adding any massive files since the previous backup, but maybe two or three GB in bits and pieces since then.

Today however, is taking very long to get to close to the middle of the 111 GB that is trying to back up - and then it stalls. Usually when I back up my SSD to Time Machine, a 4 TB spinning Hard Disk (less than three years old and little used, as I back up once every few weeks – I know, I know), it takes about 20 – 30 minutes.
