HT201250 Time Machine was disconnected.

My time machine was disconnected. Now the 'latest backup' says in red 'delayed'. 'next backup' says 'when disk is connected. But I have connected it so I'm wondering what to do now to back up my computer again? thank you

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From Section C Here > http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html

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HT201250 Time Machine backup error message.

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HT201250 Time Machine was disconnected.

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