My Passport has been cleaning up for two hours now

I went to go back up my computer for the first time in two years and it stopped at 503 GB of 750 GB to clean up. It's been like this for two hours now. Is this normal?

Pondini's Blog on time machine: Troubleshooting
I found my Time Machine backups getting severely stuck over a clash with Spotlight.
I found it helpful to deliberately use:
System Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy ...
... and put the Time Machine drive on Spotlight's "Do Not Index" list, as Time Machine directs Spotlight to calculate its own special index of any Time Machine drive.

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I'm charging my iPad. But everytime it goes to turn on it will just turn off right away. This has been going on for two hours now. What do I do?

I'm charging my iPad. But everytime it goes to turn on it immediately shuts off. This has been going on for two hours. What do I do?

First, you can try resetting your iPad by simultaneously pressing and holding the Home and Sleep/Wake buttons until you see the Apple Logo. This can take up to 15 seconds so be patient and don't release the buttons until the logo appears. Try again to see if the problem persists.
If yes, it may not be charging properly. Be sure you are using the charger that came with the iPad. The iPad 2 requires a 10W charger. If you are using a different charger, including the one that came with an iPhone, it will charge very slowly if at all.
Also try charging a different device with the charger to be sure it and the cable are working properly.

My phone just has searching... up in the top left hand corner and it has been like this for 4 hours now! i am unable to make calls or texts. what should i do? It is an iphone 5 by the way

my phone just has searching... up in the top left hand corner and it has been like this for 4 hours now! i am unable to make calls or texts. what should i do? It is an iphone 5 by the way

Take a look at this link, http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4148

I purchased a book through iTunes and it downloaded. I synced with my iPad. It shows the book is downloading but that has been going on for two hours and i still can't open the book.

I purchased a book through iTunes. I then synced my iPad and went to iBooks. I clicked on the book and it shows downloading but that has been going on for almost two hours and i still can't open the book. What gives? I have done this before no problem.

Try the 'report a problem' link from your purchase history : log into your account on your computer's iTunes via Store > View My Account (Store > View My Apple ID on iTunes 11) and you should then see a Purchase History section with a 'see all' link to the right of it ; click on that and you should see a list of your purchases ; find that book, click the arrow to the left of it, click the 'Report a Problem' button :
and then the 'Report a Problem' link on its line :
and select 'inadvertently purchased' as the problem and fill in the details (iTunes support should reply within, I think, about 24 hours).
Or you can try contacting iTunes support via this page : http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact/ - click on Contact iTunes Store Support on the right-hand side of the page, then Purchases, Billing & Redemption

I am updating my 3GS and after 3 hours my itunes says "syncing artwork (Step 5 of 4)" It has been on that for 2 hours now. No that is not a typo. it really says step 5 of 4. what do I do?

I am updating my 3GS and after 3 hours my itunes says "syncing artwork (Step 5 of 4)" No that is not a type it says step 5 of 4. It has been on that message for 2 of the 3 hours. What do I do?

If the update gets interrupted, it will resume where it stopped. Shouldn't take near that long.
 Cheers, Tom

How long does it take to restore firmware.My phone has been in recovery for 3 hours now?

How long does it take to restore firmware on iphone5.The phone is only 3 week old and has been in recovery mode for nearly 3 hours now?

- No. That is too long. What does the status bar in iTunes say the iPod is doing?
- Terminate the sync. Force close iTunes if necessary then reboot the computer. Also reset the iPod. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Try again. If still problem come back with what the status bar says when it stopped.

While updating my Ipad2, the updating column stopped. What do I do now? The column has been like this for seven hours now!

The iPad was new, not used. The first update for this iPad.

Problem solved! :-)
I didn`t do anything. Patience was the solution.
Thanks anyway :-)

Update of Adobe Acrobat DC is hung up at 35% and has been that way for two days. How can I get it to update?

This is what has been going on for two days now... it is hung up and the update will not complete... how can I get it to download?

Hi,
Please refer to the thread below where this issue has been discussed:
Adobe Acrobat DC install stuck
You may also refer to the help document below:
FAQ | Adobe Acrobat DC
Regards,
Sheena

My ipods been backing up for two hours is that normal?

my ipods been backin up for two hours now. and the screen hasmt changed or anything. im trying to updated my ipod. how long does it normally take?

Depends on size. Usually about 2-5 minutes. Nome may take up to 20-30 if large storage space is being used. Two hours is too long. Something is not right.m I feel an error message coming

Firefox has been randomly crashing for two days. I always have google and facebook running. Firefox seems to crash at random times - no specific web page loading. My Firefox is up to date.

Firefox has been randomly crashing for two days. I always have google and facebook running. Firefox seems to crash at random times - no specific web page loading. My Firefox is up to date.

There can be multiple reasons for crashing. Seeing this article would be helpful as it lists out the solution for this-
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Firefox%20crashes?s=firefox+crash&as=s#os=win&browser=fx4

My unibody macbook (latest 2010 model) wont connect to my home wifi. When it does which is rare, it is very slow. I have tried everything from renewing DCHP lease and such. This has been going on for two months.

It will not connect but my other apple devices can connect and the wifi works very well. I have moved houses to my house wifi isnt the same as the old one. Also, i have to type in the password every time even if i click autosave. Sometimes it also says invalid password or connection timeout. This has been going on for two months and is getting really annoying. I've tried most of the solutions listed on other discussions, none of them work. Any other tips? Thank you. Ps i've had this macbook for 3+ years

Two questions:
1. Your profile says OS 9.2.x. Is that correct?
2. Impossible to provide "other" tips without knowing what you have aleady tried. What have you tried?

I have time machine saving onto two usb drives. The backup is 4.6TB. Each drive is 6TB. Why is time machine only updating one drive? (The other has been the same for two weeks.)

I have time machine saving onto two usb drives.
The total size of the files being backed up is 4.6TB.
Each external USB drive is 6TB. So I have 12 TB of space for Time Machine.
Why is time machine only updating one USB drive? (One drive has been the same for two weeks.)
I have selected both drives in the Time Machine settings panel.
My understanding was that it would do a full backup, and then incremental backups of changed files, getting rid of old copies as needed, and alternate between the two drives.
But it looks like drive A has one complete backup, dated two weeks ago, and drive B is the only one getting action.
There is a red icon on drive one that says the drive needs 120GB more space to do a backup -- which is strange since the whole backup set is only 4.6TB in size, and the drive is 6TB in size...

You could try a clone instead.
Clone - Carbon Copy Cloner (Often recommended as it has more features than some others)
Clone – Data Backup
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Disk Utility has been Shrinking disk for several hours....

I have an external HD (FW800/GUID) that has 2 partitions in it that I'm trying to reduce the size of one of the partitions to make room for a third without deleting anything on the drive. Disk Utility has been 'shrinking disk' for several hours and I'm debating if it's hanging. I see no activity on the drive, so I'm not sure what's going on.
How long should this typically take to finish?
the partition in question has about 1.3T of data on it and I'm trying to free up about 300G that's unused.
Should I be concerned? How long should I let this go before bailing the app?

What's the chance that the data will be corrupt if I force quit disk utility?
In the middle of repartitioning that has apparently hung? I would guess it would range somewhere from high to certain. You should immediately use Disk Utility to repair both partitions after force-quitting.
I didn't make a backup
I hope you're lucky, but I have the feeling you're about to learn your lesson about not having backups in a very severe way. If the drive cannot be repaired at this point, you may need a file recovery utility like [Data Rescue|http://www.prosofteng.com> or [File Salvage|http://subrosasoft.com/OSXSoftware/index.php?mainpage=product_info&productsid=1].
In the future, you absolutely must have a minimum of two backups (three copies) of any data you can't afford to lose.

TS5183 My Iphone has a problem with the microphone it doesn't seem to work! so there for i can't use Siri anymore..:-( this has been playing up for some time now.

My Iphone has a problem with the microphone it doesn't seem to work! so there for i can't use Siri anymore.. this has been playing up for some time now. But as my wife & I had a baby 7 Months ago I have not found the time to pop in to the apple store until today (8/12/13) and they told me that they couldn't help as it's out of it's warranty by 57 days
Can antone help me? is there something i can do, apart from buying a new iphone!

Have you got Siri turned on in settings/general/restrictions?

I just can't get it to load. Lion icon in my launch pad is just saying 'waiting' it has been like this for 24 hours. Any help?

Can anyone help with this please? It has been bugging me for 24 hours, and I am going mad. I have clicked 'install' in iTunes, and the Lion icon just says 'waiting', but goes no further. I currently run Snow Leopard, so it should upgrade to Lion with no problems.

are you on the most up to date software 10.6.8? try checking through Software Update.
you can also sign out of itunes store/app store and the sign back in. I've read that this resets things where it prompts you to resume. you need to sign out of all computer and devices with the specific apple id acount you used to buy Lion for this to work.

My Passport has been cleaning up for two hours now

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