Hours set for Time Machine

Can someone tell me how to change the interval Time Machine creates backups on an IMac running IOS 10.11.4? The default value is too frequent and slows down the imac to a crawl.

Thank you

Bill Barron

You can disable TM and do your backups manually. But TM should not interfere or slow down your Mac.

Download and run EtreCheck, created by one of his own assistants here in CSA. It is a diagnostic tool that is very useful for us to find problems. It will also give us additional specifications on your Mac. After his execution after the logfile here. It will never contain any personal information

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