Hi Wayne, On 2011-25Feb-, at 6:17 PM, Wayne Dobson wrote: > > On Feb 25, 2011, at 7:09 PM, Don Green Dragon wrote: >>> >> >> Hmmm! On my iMac, 'System' translates as 'Macintosh HD'. >> >> Here, the file <com.apple.backupd-auto.plist> does not exist, but one could >> easily be created with the content >> >> <key>StartInterval</key> >> <integer>86400</integer> >> >> which should yield a 24 hour backup. Any one tried that? >> >> > Here's how to navigate: > > <Picture 2.pdf><Picture 3.pdf><Picture 4.pdf> Your photos have been snipped. The original message that I was alluding to read > navigate into /System » Library » LaunchDaemons. There you'll find a file > named com.apple.backupd-auto.plist. and since '\' refers to the root of a Unix file system, I looked for 'System' hanging from the root. Not finding such, I took a look around and could not find the file in question. After reading your note, I found the file easily by following: Macintosh HD -> System -> Library -> LaunchDaemons Have no idea why I did not find it on the first attempt! :-( Later: Ah! I see it now! From a bash shell, the command "cd /system" takes one to "/system", but if one is using that Idiot Finder, then one has to access "Macintosh HD -> System" on my setup. > Once you find the file, double click to open in text edit. Make the changes, > then save them. > Now, the fun begins. You will not be able to save the changes until you > change permissions for the file if you are logged on under any name other > than administrator. If you run into problems, contact me. > > I've made the changes, but haven't verified they work. Where did you make the changes? Doug wrote " > and look for this section: > <key>StartInterval</key> > <integer>3600</integer> " and here the file "com.apple.backupd-auto.plist" did not have a section starting with (see below where the "sudo" command certainly changed it) <key>StartInterval</key> I assume that one would enter the code between <dict> ... </dict> ; i.e., between the 'main' pair <dict> ... </dict>. But I'm not familiar with such files, hence I'll hang back and listen for events elsewhere. Later: After reading Terry's message, and the website reference, I did the doncarvel:~:$ sudo defaults write /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.backupd-auto StartInterval -int 86400 Password: trick and then checked in the file "com.apple.backupd-auto.plist". It sure as hell has been changed. It is totally different from its form prior to the "sudo" command above. It looks suspiciously like a binary file ..... My guess is that I've really screwed the system up! Oh well ..... we'll see what happens! ;-) Don Green Dragon fergdc@xxxxxxx --- Manage your account options at //www.freelists.org/list/muglo