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Time machine forever "preparing" after software update
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<blockquote data-quote="gpc" data-source="post: 673350" data-attributes="member: 52552"><p>Still no joy. Disk Utility <em>did</em> find thousands of permission problems on the main drive, all but half a dozen of them related to HP software. Fixed all those. Also ran Verify Disk on the main drive and learned the file and directory counts were each off by 1. Repaired that using Disk Utility booted from the Install DVD.</p><p></p><p>Started up TM again. It spent many minutes "preparing" with a significant amount of disk activity, which seemed promising. But now 40 minutes in, it is still "preparing," with no disk activity, Finder at about 20 CPU.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gpc, post: 673350, member: 52552"] Still no joy. Disk Utility [I]did[/I] find thousands of permission problems on the main drive, all but half a dozen of them related to HP software. Fixed all those. Also ran Verify Disk on the main drive and learned the file and directory counts were each off by 1. Repaired that using Disk Utility booted from the Install DVD. Started up TM again. It spent many minutes "preparing" with a significant amount of disk activity, which seemed promising. But now 40 minutes in, it is still "preparing," with no disk activity, Finder at about 20 CPU. [/QUOTE]
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