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Time Machine Editor App - change the backup interval easily

If like me you grow weary of the constant back up routines from Time Machine, fear not, you can customize the back up frequency to your own liking with TimeMachineEditor. Alternatively, one can navigate to /System/Library/LaunchDaemons and…

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If like me you grow weary of the constant back up routines from Time Machine, fear not, you can customize the back up frequency to your own liking with TimeMachineEditor (timesoftware.fr ee.fr/timemachineeditor). Alternatively, one can navigate to /System/Library/LaunchDaemons and open the file; "com.apple.backupd-auto.plist". into a text editor, and look for this section:

<key>StartInterval</key>
<integer>3600</integer>

Edit the 3600 number to some other time in seconds to adjust Time Machine's backup scheduling.

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