Change the Time Machine backup interval

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Posted in Mac | February 2, 2012

Do you think that Time Machine backups are done too often? If you want to change the backup interval, you have to do the following steps:

  1. Open Terminal
  2. Go to /System/Lybrary/LaunchDaemons
  3. Open with your prefer text editor the file com.apple.backupd-auto.plist
  4. Find this row: <key>StartInterval</key>
  5. Change the number on the next row: <integer>3600</integer>

3600 is the interval of backup in seconds, you can increase or decrease the number as you like!