First Time Machine backup.

I recently bought an external HD Seagate 1 TB to use with Time Machine on my iMac for mid-2011. I have never used TM before, but I have read and looked at some tutorials up to the point where I knew what to do.

The HD has been recognized, I initiated TM, and we left. I would say the average speed was about 1-2 GB / per minute with estimated to finish about 3 hours time. No problem at all.

However... There is now a hold-up. It has been more than 16 hours and I hovered around 28-29 GB for probably 15 of them. Is it normal that the first backup, or have I stumbled on something? I can't wrap my head around the first 28 GB takes less than an hour and next go take more than 15.

For what it's worth, I've selected to encrypt the drive and creates a password.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Here is a picture of what I see.

Let him finish, if it takes more than 24 hours then start again by formatting the new Seagate in disk under Mac OS extended (journaled) utility and name the backup drive something like Time Machine and back up again. You should also re-read Apple use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac - Apple Support

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