TimeMachineEditor

User Reviews

• No Prior Info On OS Compatibility

  gbcurtisApril 30, 2014

  Pros

  Fine for Maverick.

  Cons

  Won't work for lower OSs

  Summary

  Wasted my download time.

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• Description is off. Only time based settings.

  BradMacProApril 18, 2014

  Pros

  Still a useful function.

  Cons

  Description says "You can also set Time Machine to automatically back up when disks are mounted or when the computer wakes from sleep." There is no option for these functions, which is a shame. At least for version 2.5.3

  Summary

  <br /><br /><span class='notifyMsg'> Updated </span>on Apr 18, 2014<p/>I checked and version 3.1 under Mountain Lion also shows no option for backup on mount.

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• Doesn't control back up time

  DesertRatRJanuary 25, 2013

  Pros

  None. Doesn't work as advertised.

  Cons

  Doesn't control time back up specified. Seems to like to back up randomly, rather than at specified time. It doesn't seem to hurt anything. It is simply superfluous.

  Summary

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• Added flexibility Apple refuses to give.

  rayvogelDecember 17, 2012

  Pros

  Control update frequency

  Cons

  Not part of Apple software

  Summary

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• Doesn't work.

  ajustapersonOctober 2, 2011

  Pros

  Easy to configure. Nice idea.

  Cons

  Doesn't work. I configured TimemachineEditor to have Time Machine backups run only at 5:00pm daily. Time Machine still wakes up my Mac at 3:30am, lighting up the room. Why Apple didn't include basic scheduling, I don't see.

  Summary

  Pointless.

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• Give YOU control over the backup schedule

  Benoit EvansSeptember 13, 2011

  Pros

  Works flawlessly.

  Cons

  A one-trick pony, but it does it's trick extremely well.

  Summary

  Basically, you turn TM off and then TimeMachine Editor replaces you to do "manual" TM backups. You decide your backup schedule in any combination of daily, weekly and monthly backups, with more than one backup per category. Now I use TM Editor to do daily backups at 4-hour intervals, as well as a weekly and a monthly backup. For redundancy, I use SuperDuper on another disk to do a monthly bootable backup.

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• One of Time Machine's missing features

  JonCalgaryJune 19, 2011

  Pros

  Gives you actual control over when you want backups, unlike Apple's "we know best" attitude. Over a wireless G network, and on a 3 year old MB Pro, hourly backups are a pain and can slow things down. This free app eliminates that issue.

  Cons

  Documentation is lacking. Just by trial and error, I figured out I need to turn the system preferences control panel for TM to OFF to make this work (this is on the website, but not the app). So, it loses one star for that, as I almost deleted it.

  Summary

  You're getting more than you're paying for. Note to developers: We still need better ways of excluding files from TM.

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• Never could get it to work.

  pshoustontxApril 8, 2011

  Pros

  None that I can ascertain.

  Cons

  Need to improve install instructions.

  Summary

  Don't bother to down load.

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• Simple, does what it says, no glitch.

  fedthoMarch 20, 2011

  Pros

  See summary above ;-)

  Cons

  One might want even *more* control over Time machine... but hell, this certainly is one feature that was missing!

  Summary

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• But does it delete the oldest backups on a full disc?

  Glenn EmondMarch 8, 2010

  Pros

  Works like a charm

  Cons

  I'm bothered by my initial question.

  Summary

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