You can make a difference in the Apple Support Community!
When you sign up with your Apple Account, you can provide valuable feedback to other community members by upvoting helpful replies and User Tips.
When you sign up with your Apple Account, you can provide valuable feedback to other community members by upvoting helpful replies and User Tips.
Hello all,
Since 5/26, I plug in Time Machine (WD 4T HD) into my Mac, it keeps Preparing Backup... even though it stays overnight. My last back up record is 5/14. Today(5/28) I click Backup Now again and it stays Preparing Backup... half day already.
Just want to know if it is normal or something wrong with my Mac?
PS the time machine drive has been running perfectly in the past many months....
MacBook
Could it be related to a general SMB connection issue in Catalina where backups sometimes do not work reliably? You may want to have a look here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250794335?answerId=252712080022&page=14
Thank you folks for your recommendations. Finally the issue was resolved after PRAM reset. Here the sequence of event for sharing purpose:
I would like to share with everyone, DO NOT wait and think a miracle come up automatically on Mac. It is reliable gadget comparing to average, but be sceptical and do not rule out possible failure no matter hardwire or software with time.
Preparing Backup...
