Thanks Paul & Biti. You have a point Paul, but every time I want to use the computer, the Time Machine spinner is sucking up CPU capacity. Nothing I do requires hourly backups anyway. I might try this set at once a day. On Nov 3, 2009, at 1:18 PM, Paul Tucknott wrote: > 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 > > > Wayne Dobson pwdobson@xxxxxxxxxx (519) 474-1253 res. (519) 860-2725 cell --- Manage your account options at //www.freelists.org/list/muglo