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Time Machine hasn't backed up to my external drive since 13/09/21 although set to automatically back up hourly etc

Just spent over an hour with Seagate support how confirmed that my external 2 TB Drive is connected, working and not full. They suggested I contact Apple support.

The only thing I can think is that back up failed around 13/07/21 around the time I had a blip accessing Pages & had to reinstall Chrome.

Currently I have set up the external hard drive again and Time Machine preference is showing 1.0 TB of 2.95 TB available, but has been waiting to back up for over an hour. Time machine on the menu bar also says waiting to back up. When I try to enter Time Machine nothing happens. Same when I press the option key and try and verify backups. Help!

iMac 27″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jul 22, 2021 9:57 AM

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Posted on Jul 22, 2021 10:10 AM

Sharnf wrote:

Time Machine hasn't backed up to my external drive since 13/09/21



Back to the future? Todays date is 07/22/2021


see if there is anything here:

I’m having trouble backing up on Time Machine with my new computer

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252851367?answerId=255366265022#255366265022



Back up your Mac with Time Machine

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201250


If a Time Machine backup takes longer than you expect

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204412


Trouble Shooting—

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

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Jul 22, 2021 10:10 AM in response to Sharnf

Sharnf wrote:

Time Machine hasn't backed up to my external drive since 13/09/21



Back to the future? Todays date is 07/22/2021


see if there is anything here:

I’m having trouble backing up on Time Machine with my new computer

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252851367?answerId=255366265022#255366265022



Back up your Mac with Time Machine

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201250


If a Time Machine backup takes longer than you expect

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204412


Trouble Shooting—

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

Time Machine hasn't backed up to my external drive since 13/09/21 although set to automatically back up hourly etc

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