HT201250 what do you do when your backup does not finish?

What do you do?

Is that because you have insufficient space?   Are you using an external HD for your Time Machine?
For the best guidance on anything to do with Time Machine see ...
Pondini FAQ
Or  http://pondini.org/TM/  Troubleshooting.html

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