Comments on: Time Machine Scheduler

By: Khayra

Khayra — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:10:47 +0000

I never knew. My hero <3

By: Riker

Riker — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:01:52 +0000

Thank you. Just the tip I needed to control the size of my backups.

By: Mark Wheadon

Mark Wheadon — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:00:47 +0000

Another way of setting the backup frequency is to install the Secrets prefPane which lets you set this along with all sorts of other hidden settings:

http://www.markwheadon.com/blog/2009/03/changing-time-machine-backup-schedule/

Cheers,

Mark

By: Juston

Juston — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:14:01 +0000

Actually, I did use the plist hack first, which worked well for me, but now I’ve decided to go back and change it from 4 hrs to 8 hrs. I just don’t need the frequent backups, and I also dislike installing third party software that consisting runs for some reason. I suppose I just got annoyed at stuff like that hogging up my ram on my old PC. It’s not a big deal on my macbook, but it’s an old habit. I also tried a version of time machine scheduler, or a similar program, for a few days just to see…I got your result of random backups at uneven time intervals. So I went back to hacking the plist.

By: Scotttttttt

Scotttttttt — Sun, 25 May 2008 02:03:12 +0000

I am using Time Machine with a NAS device. One solution I have seen is to create a sparsebundle on a local drive, copy it (using rsync) to the NAS device, delete the local copy, and then backup to that location. By setting the maximum size on the sparsebundle to be less than the size of the external drive (or NAS), you can prevent the drive from completely filling up. More details are available at: http://www.readynas.com/?p=253.

By: Dan Derrico

Dan Derrico — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:17:31 +0000

Time Machine will be improved with time — no pun intended. Jake, how big is your internal hard drive? I think they recommend an external HD of 2x the internal drive,

If your computer is new and under warranty, or if you just installed Leopard, a lot of these questions can be answered by free Apple phone support at 1800-APL-CARE, They can walk you through it.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:10:40 +0000

My File vaulted user folder will not show up in Time Machine. I can view prior versions of my applications and everything else but the history folders go black when I try to find prior versions of documents from my user folder. Any thoughts?

By: Stephanie Guertin

Stephanie Guertin — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 16:33:32 +0000

@Jake S – That’s kind of a long answer for the comments thread here – you might have better luck if you head over to our forums (the community link at the top of the page) and ask there.

@Srinivas – Functionally, no. (It might be hackable, but you won’t want it if it is.)

By: srinivas maharaj

srinivas maharaj — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 11:54:11 +0000

is it possible to install leapord on a mac mini with 256 mb RAM?.

http://applenewsntips.blogspot.com/

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