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.
I was making a back up of my MacBook using Time Machine, I closed my MacBook as I had to head out, but now when I press the Time Machine icon on top it says "Waiting to complete first back up". It's been stuck at this for a few minutes so I don't really know what to do. Should I click the "Back up now" button or will this make a complete new backup? Or should I just wait a bit longer?
moolenschot Said:
"Time Machine 'Waiting to complete first back up': [...]Should I click the 'Back up now' button or will this make a complete new backup? Or should I just wait a bit longer?"
-------
Verify the Backup Process:
Click "Enter Time Machine" and you would see if it is, in fact, backing up. The first backup takes a long time.
almost
"enter Time Machine' launches Time machine RESTORE -- that stand-alone App is not what you want.
'Open Time Machine Preferences', the combination Preferences/Status panel used to operate Time Machine BACKUP.
Time Machine "Waiting to complete first back up"
