How long does deleting old back up normally takes

Think my external HDD must be running out of space. The deleting of older back up takes 45 minutes to an hour before the actual back up starts. Is that normal? Any input is appreciated. TIA

darichan wrote:
Think my external HDD must be running out of space. The deleting of older back up takes 45 minutes to an hour before the actual back up starts. Is that normal? Any input is appreciated. TIA
It depends largely on how you're connected, and how many backups it has to delete, but that sounds terribly long. We'll see that on wireless network backups sometimes, when a large number of backups need to be deleted. But for a USB or FireWire drive, that's awfully long.
If it persists, and especially if backups are slow, too, try the things in the green box of #D2 in [Time Machine - Troubleshooting|http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/Troubleshooting.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum).

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