Adobe Elements 12 Organizer - Catalog Backup won't complete

I'm new to Adobe. I just started using Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements.
Adobe Elements 12 Organizer reminds me to backup my catalog about every third time I open it.
So, I did a backup to my Drobo5N.
Every single time, no matter how long I let the backup run, it stops at 96% and OS X 10.9.2 shows the program as 'not responding' so I have to force close it.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Don in Baltimore

You'll find many posts about the backup process freezing at a given %. Here is one recent one:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1130429
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