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Time Machine freezes during backup in Mojave

I'm using Mojave on my MacBook pro A1278. After about 100mb into the backup, Time Machine freezes. I'm backing up to an external hard drive. Disk utility and Onyx can't find any issues with Mac HD or back-up HD. Any ideas anyone?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Nov 6, 2020 3:32 AM

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Posted on Nov 6, 2020 7:12 AM

EFJamboree wrote:

I'm using Mojave on my MacBook pro A1278. After about 100mb into the backup, Time Machine freezes. I'm backing up to an external hard drive. Disk utility and Onyx can't find any issues with Mac HD or back-up HD. Any ideas anyone?



https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/time-machine-troubleshooting-mh15653/mac

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Nov 6, 2020 7:12 AM in response to EFJamboree

EFJamboree wrote:

I'm using Mojave on my MacBook pro A1278. After about 100mb into the backup, Time Machine freezes. I'm backing up to an external hard drive. Disk utility and Onyx can't find any issues with Mac HD or back-up HD. Any ideas anyone?



https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/time-machine-troubleshooting-mh15653/mac

Nov 6, 2020 8:53 AM in response to EFJamboree

EFJamboree wrote:

I'm afraid none of the steps suggested by apple support resolved my problem.


Try making a back up to a different / new drive as a test.


Independent of DU or your Onyx— the drive can still be failing in some manner.



You can try Erase and reformat a storage device in Disk Utility on Mac

https://support.apple.com/guide/disk-utility/erase-and-reformat-a-storage-device-dskutl14079/19.0/mac/10.15


Backup disks you can use with Time Machine - Apple Support


Types of disks you can use with Time Machine on Mac - Apple ...



If you need to create a new backup from Mac—

https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/if-you-need-to-create-a-new-backup-mh34042/10.14/mac/10.15

Time Machine freezes during backup in Mojave

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