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TimeMachine question
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No there is not. But I use an app called iScheduleTimeMachine for doing just that. Only $1.99 in the app store and it will do exactly what you need. I have been using it since it came out and it works great. Check it out.
TimeMachineEditor does the job nicely, and it's free.
the link above is for version 2.5.3, the last version to support PPC Leopard.
A newer version for mountain lion and up can be found here.
the link above is for version 2.5.3, the last version to support PPC Leopard.
A newer version for mountain lion and up can be found here.
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Thanks for the links. This is one of the dumbest things about OS X IMO. The least they could do is limit backups to idle time so they aren't so disruptive.
I don't mind it doing it's thing every hour in the background, I think it's a great feature.
The amount of system overhead is surely minimal.
The amount of system overhead is surely minimal.
It's not just the overhead: my 1TB backup drive is full already, and I would like to slow down the loss of older stuff being overwritten. Once-a-day backup is quite sufficient for my purposes.
Thanks for your replies. Very helpful.
Another option, not free, is Carbon Copy Cloner.
Bootable backup with granular control of how often backups are made and lots of features not offered by TM.
Have been using it for years and it has saved my bacon many times...
Bootable backup with granular control of how often backups are made and lots of features not offered by TM.
Have been using it for years and it has saved my bacon many times...
Big time CCC fan here, just made Yosemite clones this morning for both my MBP and mini. I feel more comfortable having bootable clones sitting in the fire safe.
My wife's iMac got lobotomised by lightning recently. Grabbed her CCC backup, plugged it into the old Mac Mini we had, 2009 server if I recall, and continued working until insurance replaced the iMac.
Another great use is to back up to a NAS. You can then use the backup to clone a disk if necessary. Had to do that in the past as well...
This. Because TM is not so trustworthy and is "easily corrupted without notification" on an NAS.
Here's yet one more recommendation for CarbonCopyCloner (or SuperDuper) instead of Time Machine.
A cloned backup will give you one advantage a TM backup simply -cannot- give you -- a fully bootable backup drive. By "fully bootable", I mean that you can connect it, boot to it, and have everything available to you, ready to go to work -- all your applications, all your data.
Immediately, and without a lengthly "restoration process".
(Aside: of course, you will still need to diagnose the problem with your internal drive and repair or replace it, but you can still have a fully functional Mac while such operations are underway).
A cloned backup will give you one advantage a TM backup simply -cannot- give you -- a fully bootable backup drive. By "fully bootable", I mean that you can connect it, boot to it, and have everything available to you, ready to go to work -- all your applications, all your data.
Immediately, and without a lengthly "restoration process".
(Aside: of course, you will still need to diagnose the problem with your internal drive and repair or replace it, but you can still have a fully functional Mac while such operations are underway).