How To Get Customize Machine's Schedule
As you know, one of the cool features that was released in Mac OS X Leopard was Time Machine, which allows you to have automated backups every hour. Now time machine is a great feature because you should always back up your system, and it does it in a very great, Apple way. The only problem that it has is that it has to be done every hour, and doesn't let your specify if you want it more frequently or less. Also it takes up a lot of CPU usage, and slows down you system.
But there is one way to make it back up when you want it to. First you need to go to into Time Machine's prefrences by clicking on the icon in the menu bar. Then in the window that pops up, move On and Off slider to the off position, then close the window.
Now when ever you want Time Machine to do its backups, click back up on the menu icon, and go down to 'Back Up Now'. Now you can use the very handy back up utility when you want it, not when the computer wants to.
Of course this whole process requires an external hard drive. There very cheap now, and you should definitely keep a back up in case something may go wrong. You can get a 500 GB hard drive for only about $100, and again, its something you should definitely have.
Adam G
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