Time Machine Backups

I used to run backups every hour and then Time Machine stopped running on that schedule. Now it only backs up once every 24 hours and I can't find where to configure how often I want the backups to run.

MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 12.4

Posted on Jun 23, 2022 3:11 PM

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Posted on Jun 23, 2022 4:25 PM

TM does hourly backups for last 24hrs then daily for past month and then weekly for previous months.

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Jun 23, 2022 4:25 PM in response to smallblackrabbit

TM does hourly backups for last 24hrs then daily for past month and then weekly for previous months.

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