Ken Wrote: I've recently started using Apple's Time Machine as a back-up tool; pretty neat. However, I don't need to do a backup as often as it wants to (hourly for a day, daily for a month, weekly forever) - once a day, or so, would be more than adequate. There are no controls on Time Machine to change any of this - unless I'm missing something. Are there other options? Ken MBP C2D Mini CD G4-Cube _______________________________________________________________________ Ken, I've been using Time Machine Editor, a free app that lets you change the intervals. Been working well for me. Here's a link. http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/26704/timemachineeditor