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What happens if Mac shuts down during Time Machine backup?Īnswer: A: it does not matter. If it’s just a normal backup it’s unlikely to take more than five minutes. Initially you will just see Preparing Backup, then you will see how big update will be while the software calculates the time remaining. How long should my first Time Machine backup take? Time Machine does its backups into a folder that has a date and time followed with “inProgress”. Yes, you’ll be able to resume it later, though it’ll take Time Machine a little while for it to figure out where it left off, especially if this is the initial backup of your entire computer.

Can Stop Time Machine backup resume later? Deselect ”Back Up Automatically” or click the Off/On switch, depending on what you see in Time Machine preferences. Or choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click Time Machine. Open Time Machine preferences from the Time Machine menu in the menu bar. The backup will continue from where it left off. If it’s a Time Machine backup, no, you don’t lose your progress if the backup is interrupted.