TimeMachineEditor
TimeMachineEditor is a software for Mac OS X 10.7 Lion and Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion that lets you change the default one-hour backup interval of Time Machine.
You can change the interval or create a more sophisticated scheduling (see screenshot below).
This is useful if you don’t need to backup every hour and don’t want the performance penalty. This is also especially useful if you manipulate lots of data within one hour as you would spend the whole day backing up.
Download (updated 04.15.13)
Additional screenshot
What’s new?
- Take into account the Time Machine setting about no backing-up when running on battery power. You will need to turn TimeMachineEditor to OFF and then back to ON after updating for this to take effect.
Looking for a Mac OS X 10.6 compatible version? Get TimeMachineEditor 2.5.3
How does it work?
TimeMachineEditor does not modify existing system files at all (unlike versions prior to 2.5). Instead it handles its own scheduling to trigger Time Machine backups when you want them to occur.
TimeMachineEditor also has its own ON / OFF switch that lets you enable / disable automatic backups.
TimeMachineEditor is free software. Use at your own risk.
Contact
You can contact us by e-mail.
About the icons
The icon of the application and the background image of the disk image have been designed by the great guys at GAFMEDIA STUDIO. Check out their web-site!
FAQ
Should I turn the big switch from the Time Machine preferences to OFF?
Yes. TimeMachineEditor handles the scheduling itself and has its own ON / OFF switch (which behaves very much like the one from Time Machine).
Do I need to keep TimeMachineEditor running all the time?
No. You just need to use TimeMachineEditor when you want to change the settings.
What about the way backups are preserved/removed?
TimeMachineEditor does not affect that. What is said in the Time Machine pane from System Preferences still apply.
How do I uninstall TimeMachineEditor?
That’s really easy. You’ll probably want to use TimeMachineEditor one last time to turn it OFF, you can then trash the application.
If you were using versions prior to 2.5, you may need to use an older version to revert system settings to their defaults.
Look at the Time Machine logs to get more information about Time Machine’s activity:
