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<blockquote data-quote="BebeDahling" data-source="post: 1885274" data-attributes="member: 379076">I feel like this is a &quot;stupid&quot; question but I've searched the internet and can't find a solution.I have done my first complete back many months ago for the entire disk. I have unplugged the external. I've had several backups since then. When the TB icon is not spinning I assumed it was finished and I properly unplugged my usb device.Today day is the first time I have backed up turning off the automatic back. I was going to update from Mojave to the next version before Big Sure. I am behind.It is also the first time I have gone to the drive and looked up the backup file to see how much space I have used on the external hard drive.&nbsp; I shows the last update as last night which is correct but the file name is 2011-06-11-093640.inProcess.&nbsp; I went to Time machine and unchecked the auto backup as no data would change during the upgrade.I don't know if I should get a message, back up is completed. I can't find anywhere that says to just disconnect and it will close the backup file.&nbsp; Am I ok just properly disconnecting the external hard drive?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BebeDahling, post: 1885274, member: 379076"] I feel like this is a "stupid" question but I've searched the internet and can't find a solution. I have done my first complete back many months ago for the entire disk. I have unplugged the external. I've had several backups since then. When the TB icon is not spinning I assumed it was finished and I properly unplugged my usb device. Today day is the first time I have backed up turning off the automatic back. I was going to update from Mojave to the next version before Big Sure. I am behind. It is also the first time I have gone to the drive and looked up the backup file to see how much space I have used on the external hard drive. I shows the last update as last night which is correct but the file name is 2011-06-11-093640.inProcess. I went to Time machine and unchecked the auto backup as no data would change during the upgrade. I don't know if I should get a message, back up is completed. I can't find anywhere that says to just disconnect and it will close the backup file. Am I ok just properly disconnecting the external hard drive? [/QUOTE]

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