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Recover Lost Data after Fixing Time Machine Stuck Issue However, if you find files lost during the process, don't worry.

If this doesn't work, third-party backup utility - EaseUS Todo Backup for Mac can back up your Mac with just 3 simple steps.Īfter making Time Machine work again, you can create a backup of your Mac data via this backup tool. Click "Select Backup Disk." and choose the external drive as a backup disk.Go to the Apple menu, click "System Preference", and click "Time machine".inProgress file is removed, you can reboot your Mac computer, connect the Time Machine drive and initiate a backup on Time Machine as usual. Use the Add (+) button to add your backup folder to the index list.Double-click "Spotlight" on the System Preferences window.On the Apple menu, click "System Preference".The detailed tutorial is listed as follows: You can add it to the Privacy tab under Spotlight preference to prevent Spotlight from indexing Time Machine backup volume. Spotlight can interrupt the Time Machine preparation process if it indexes the Time Machine backup volume. Prevent Spotlight from Indexing Time Machine Backup Delete the "xxxx-xx-xx-xxxxxx.inProgress" file.backup" folder, use "List View" and 'Date Modified', or search the ".inProgress" to find the file. Open Finder, navigate to /TimeMachineBackupDrive/Backups.backupdb/NameOfBackup/.When Time Machine gets stuck, you can trash the Time Machine placeholder file, finding and removing the. When the progress bar disappears and it no longer says "preparing backup", it means that you have successfully stopped the currently failed Time Machine backup attempt. On the Time Machine pop up window, click the close (X) icon to stop the preparing backup process.Go to the Apple menu, click "System Preference" and select "Time Machine".Stop the Stuck Time Machine with "Preparing Backup" Attempt Or, if you lost files after fixing stuck Time Machine, follow steps in Phrase 2 to recover lost files with Mac data recovery software. So make sure that you back up Mac before you take any action.  Tip Note that the following steps may cause file loss on your Mac.