
PSA: Don’t Convert Your Time Machine Drive from HFS+ to APFS. Time Machine Stuck on “Waiting for Index to Be Ready”. Restart your Mac with your Time Machine drive connected to force re-indexing. Find and delete the “.inProgress” file from your Time Machine backup drive. Open System Preferences > Time Machine and exited out of the current backup. You may have a lot of files that need backing up If you haven’t backed up in a long time, wait a bit. If this is your first Time Machine backup, be patient–it often takes a long time the first time around. Quick Tips Try These Quick Tips to Get TimeMachine Working Again
Step 4: Proceed with The Time Machine Backup as Usual.Step 2: Find and Delete the “.inProgress” File.Step 1: Stop the Current Time Machine Backup.How to Fix Time Machine That Hangs on “Preparing Backup”.