Might take a little while; but, yes, a bit worrying...

Try OS X's Disk Utility instead otherwise you'll need something like Disk Warrior or Tech Tool Pro. If anything shows disk damage then the disk is on the way out (in my experience external drives last no longer than a couple of years). You might get a few months or a few days out of it; but be prepared to buy a new external drive...

Posted By: BerlinCanary on January 22nd 2017 at 21:58:33

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Does anyone have experience with deleted Time Machine backups clogging a Mac's trash bin? (General Chat) - samcd84, Jan 22, 20:25:35
- No. Have you tried restarting? (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jan 22, 20:44:36
  - That's a worry, Onyx is hanging on the disk verification (n/m) (General Chat) - samcd84, Jan 22, 21:50:06
    - Might take a little while; but, yes, a bit worrying... (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jan 22, 21:58:33
      - It's gone through verification now, took its time (General Chat) - samcd84, Jan 22, 22:00:52
        
        Phew (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jan 22, 23:28:58
  - I'll try onyx, thanks (n/m) (General Chat) - samcd84, Jan 22, 21:10:49
- Do you find Time Machine useful? (General Chat) - APB, Jan 22, 20:32:28
  - Time machine is ok however if your mac dies then so do all your backups which is why (General Chat) - ghost of hucks, Jan 22, 22:11:13
  - I've never really used it properly (General Chat) - samcd84, Jan 22, 21:10:30
    - Basically it looks after itself (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jan 22, 21:26:37
  - Yes, dead easy to set up and works in the background without you noticing (n/m) (General Chat) - BerlinCanary, Jan 22, 20:40:25

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