[muglo] Re: Can Time Machine save fewer times?
- From: Dave Knight <dave@xxxxxxx>
- To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 10:39:12 -0500
On 2011-01-11, at 10:32 AM, Doug Bale wrote:
> Is there any way to have Time Machine save at longer intervals? The default
> is for hourly backups, and they not only take forever but they slow my iBook
> down to a crawl. I'd like to reset it to save once every six hours or so, or
> even once overnight. Most of the individual apps I use include auto-save
> anyway. I don't see anything in Preferences to alter the timing.
I haven't tried it but google(change time machine schedule) suggests:
This article which gives you some commands to type:
http://www.markwheadon.com/blog/2009/03/changing-time-machine-backup-schedule/
This app which gives you a nice gui to poke at:
http://www.klieme.com/TimeMachineScheduler.html
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