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I am stuck on ‘preparing backup’. I have tried to cancel the inProgress folder in the backups but still Time Machine doesn't work. Time Machine is just stuck for hours and I do not see any progress at all in the backup. The hard drive for the backup has a lot of free space.

I have tried all the potential solutions given in Time Machine stuck on "Preparing Backup" but the backup is still unable to proceed.

MacBook Air (13-inch, Mid 2013), High Sierra 10.13.4.

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  • @grg I have updated my question. This question is not a duplicate because it regards high sierra, and it doesn't have an answer, because none of the receipts given work for me
    – simona
    Commented Jun 10, 2018 at 15:56
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    The macOS version doesn't matter, the preparing backup stage does take many many hours for a large backup. What does tmutil status say about the backup?
    – grg ♦
    Commented Jun 10, 2018 at 16:02
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    What @grg said is true. Just to put it in perspective, it took 5-6 hours to prepare a 30GB backup on a MBP 2011. The actual backup took max an hour.
    – user7886229
    Commented Jun 10, 2018 at 16:38

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