Thanks Stephen and Richard.

Phil


On 26 Apr 2009, at 14:16, [email protected] wrote:

>
> Apple have kept Time Machine preferences to the minimum and changing
> the backup frequency from hourly is not possible. Having said that,
> yours should not be running the TM backup 'almost continually'. Have
> you checked, perhaps using Activity Monitor application that it's not
> something else that's running instead? If you keep the TM preferences
> window open whilst your working you will be able to see when it is
> actually performing a backup then you will be sure.
>
> Stephen
>
> On 26 Apr 2009, at 09:11, Phil Tomlinson wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi I wonder if anyone has experienced some of the frustrations I have
>> had in using Time Machine and Time Capsule? I have a fairly new intel
>> iMac and, since attaching the time capsule and using time machine,  
>> the
>> mac often runs slowly and sometimes freezes because Time Machine  
>> back-
>> ups start running almost continually while I'm working. The
>> Preferences box for time machine doesn't seem to have any settings to
>> select back up times for oneself. (I'm imagining that you can
>> personalise back up times to suit one's own working patterns but I'm
>> just too dumb to find out how!)
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Phil T
>
> BBC news November 2006: "China has some of the world's most polluted
> rivers, and is accused of overlooking the protection of the
> environment to develop its economy."
>
> Appalling. We'd never do anything like that in the West...
>
>
>
> >


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