Give it a few minutes and see if the speed is acceptable (about 10-20 MB a second on your wired Gigabit network).

In all likelihood, this update is all that you will need to fix your slow Time Machine on Time Capsule To verify, restart your machine and launch Time Machine. So, as long as your Mac is up-to-date, you don’t have to worry too much about missing this particular update. Note that it may be installed as bundled with other updates. If it is not installed, click on the “Scheduled Check” tab, and install it. Addresses an issue that prevents certain applications signed with a Developer ID from launching.

Resolves an issue that may cause Time Machine backups to take a very long time to complete.

The OS X v10.7.5 Supplemental Update is recommended for all users running OS X Lion v10.7.5 and includes the following fixes: Here is what Apple says about this update:Ībout OS X Lion 10.7.5 Supplemental Update Nothing has helped so far? Fear not, here is what you need to do.įirst of all, launch your software update pane from your system preferences on your Mac.Įnsure that you have this update, which specifically addresses this problem. You would have tried disk utility to repair your Time Capsule disk, disabled Spotlight indexing, connected your Mac directly to TC etc. Your next step was to trawl Google, which would have shown you that you are not alone.

Let me guess - you bought a new Time Capsule, set up your Time Machine to back up half a terabyte of family photos and home videos, and expected it to be “hands-free” from then on? Then you got this progress bar saying that it will take 563 days (or some such ridiculous number) to sync?

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