TM is not backing up to TC

for the last 3 days, time machine is "calculating changes..." but never backs up
and i find that my connection is slow because if it (my ipad wifi seems to be fast)
i've restarted tc...but it's not working...what is going on?
thx

Suggest that you check Time Machine -- Troubleshooting by Pondini, the guru and wizard of all things Time Machine.
http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
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