Backup Scheduler: Time Editor

Backup Scheduler tells Time Machine when to back up your Mac: every few hours, at set times, or when you step away. It shows every backup as it happens and tells you when one fails or a disk falls behind.

ANY SCHEDULE, NEVER IN YOUR WAY
• Every 10 minutes to once a week, or at set times on the days you choose
• Waits until you take a break, so a backup never slows you down
• Holds off on battery, in Low Power Mode, during calls and on a hotspot
• Allowed hours and days, even across midnight
• Catches up after sleep

ALWAYS KNOW IT WORKED
• Live progress in the menu bar: percent, size and time left
• An alert when a backup fails or a disk hasn't been backed up for days

EVERY DISK AT A GLANCE
• Free space, the last and the oldest backup for each disk
• Give a disk its own schedule, leave it out, or back up as soon as it's plugged in

EVERY BACKUP ON RECORD
• Every backup on every disk, how long it took, and a chart of the last 90 days

FASTER BACKUPS
• Skip caches, Downloads, Xcode files, simulators, Docker and virtual machines with one click, so each backup copies less

AND ALSO
• Pause backups for an hour, until tomorrow or until you resume
• Shortcuts actions to start, stop and pause backups, or to get the date of the last one
• A warning when Time Machine also runs its own schedule, and for Time Capsule disks that macOS 27 can't use
• Opens at login and lives in the menu bar. The Dock icon is up to you
• No account and no tracking: nothing leaves your Mac

THE FREE HELPER
App Store apps can't start Time Machine on their own, so starting backups needs a free helper from our website. It takes about a minute. Without it, Backup Scheduler reminds you when a backup is due and you start it from the Time Machine menu.

ONE SETTING TO CHANGE
In Time Machine settings, set Backup Frequency to Manually. Then only your schedule decides when backups run. Backup Scheduler tells you if Time Machine is still set to back up on its own.

QUESTIONS

Does it back up while my Mac sleeps?
Backups start while you're logged in and the Mac is awake. A backup that was due during sleep runs soon after the Mac wakes.

Does it replace Time Machine?
No. Time Machine still makes the backups, to the disks you chose in Time Machine settings. Backup Scheduler decides when, and keeps an eye on every backup.

I used an older version. Do my settings carry over?
Yes. Your interval, idle time and allowed hours carry over, and the helper you already installed keeps working.

Questions or ideas? Email us at info@vorosinnovation.com.