Time Machine takes extremely long to complete backup
Posted: October 26th, 2013, 11:51 pm
The backup takes more than 8 hours and still unsuccessful (because I tried to check what's going on, it interrupted the backup process so it failed). It takes more than 8 hours. I try to run it overnight but still...it could take 12 maybe 24 hours ???
Now, at the beginning when I bought my iMac exactly a year ago, I had exactly the same problem, it took more than 12 hours. I still had Apple support, they accessed my computer remotely and changed something and then it was reduced significantly.
Now I need to change those settings again but I didn't ask what they actually did (I should have).
Does anybody know what settings need to be changed to make backup shorter? (4-5 hours is ok, let's say <8 hrs is already better)
Now, at the beginning when I bought my iMac exactly a year ago, I had exactly the same problem, it took more than 12 hours. I still had Apple support, they accessed my computer remotely and changed something and then it was reduced significantly.
Now I need to change those settings again but I didn't ask what they actually did (I should have).
Does anybody know what settings need to be changed to make backup shorter? (4-5 hours is ok, let's say <8 hrs is already better)