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CoolieG Author

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Time machine restore stuck on “Finishing Recovery” for more than 24 hours. Won’t Finish process! Please Help.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Mar 27, 2021 10:34 PM

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Chris_V89

Community Specialist

Mar 28, 2021 5:13 PM in response to CoolieG

Hey there CoolieG,

Thanks for contacting the Apple Support Communities today. We understand you're having issues with restoring a Time Machine backup to your Mac, and we'd be happy to get you pointed in the right direction for help.

To get started, check out the steps listed in the two resources below and let us know if that's able to help:

Specifically in the second resource, be sure to check out the section "Time Machine is slow or seems stuck".

Have a great day!

Time machine restore stuck on “Finishing Recovery” for more than 24 hours. Won’t Finish process! Please Help.

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