You have no control over Time Machine - it is either on or off. The less controls there are, the fewer ways there are to screw it up! You can however download TimeMachineEditor which will give you the control you want. http://timesoftware.free.fr/timemachineeditor/ Paul On 3-Nov-09, at 12:59 PM, Wayne Dobson wrote: This may have been part of Sue's original query: how much control do you have over Time Machine? --- Manage your account options at //www.freelists.org/list/muglo