Time Machine taking ages..

King Of England · King Of England #1 (**permalink**)

10-05-2009, 08:02 PM

Just wondering..but I have 118Gbs worth of stuff on my mac, and its backing up really really slowly, like i could take a full 24 hours.. is this normal ??

chscag · chscag #2 (**permalink**)

10-05-2009, 08:07 PM

If it's the first backup that Time Machine is doing, yes it will take a long time to backup 118 GB. However, it shouldn't take 24 hours.

Make sure nothing else is going on in the background while running Time Machine. Also, I'm assuming you're backing up to an external USB or Firewire drive.

Regards.

King Of England · King Of England #3 (**permalink**)

10-05-2009, 08:10 PM

So ideally I should turn all apps off and go to sleep to let it do its thing?
yeah external USB.

ZorroAMG · ZorroAMG #4 (**permalink**)

10-06-2009, 01:10 AM

on a 2008 macbook it should NOT take 24hrs for 118GB!

it would only take 5 or so on my "ancient" 2006 MBP

thehappyhitman · thehappyhitman #5 (**permalink**)

10-06-2009, 01:15 AM

120 gigs just took me just under an hour.

wait... it may have been just 57

King Of England #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 03, 2008 Location: Belgium Posts: 24 Mac Specs: 2008 MacBook 2.4Ghz 250 GB	10-05-2009, 08:02 PM Just wondering..but I have 118Gbs worth of stuff on my mac, and its backing up really really slowly, like i could take a full 24 hours.. is this normal ?? King
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Member Since: Oct 05, 2009 Location: Asheville, NC Posts: 64 Mac Specs: MacBook Pro unibody 2.26ghz, 4gb ram, 250 gb hard drive	10-06-2009, 01:15 AM 120 gigs just took me just under an hour. wait... it may have been just 57 Last edited by thehappyhitman; 10-06-2009 at 01:16 AM. Reason: i may have lied
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chscag #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 23, 2008 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 31,978 Mac Specs: 21.5" iMac 2.5 GHz i5, iPad 3rd Gen., 3 iPods	10-05-2009, 08:07 PM If it's the first backup that Time Machine is doing, yes it will take a long time to backup 118 GB. However, it shouldn't take 24 hours. Make sure nothing else is going on in the background while running Time Machine. Also, I'm assuming you're backing up to an external USB or Firewire drive. Regards.
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Member Since: Oct 23, 2005 Location: Vancouver Canada Posts: 522 Mac Specs: \| '09 24" iMac 3.06 8GB \| '09 iPhone 3GS 32GB \| '09 ATV 1.16TB \| '07 23" ACD \| '06 15" MBP \|	10-06-2009, 01:10 AM on a 2008 macbook it should NOT take 24hrs for 118GB! it would only take 5 or so on my "ancient" 2006 MBP
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