Scheduling.

Three ways to schedule

Fixed Interval — every 1 to 24 hours, counted from the end of the previous successful backup. Apple's automatic mode is roughly hourly; 4–8 hours suits most people.

Daily Times — exact times, every day (e.g. 12:00 and 18:30).

Weekly — times with per-day control: each row is a time plus the days it applies (e.g. noon on Mon/Wed/Fri, plus 18:00 Friday only).

Changes apply the moment you make them — no Save button. The bar at the bottom of Settings always shows the computed next backup, so you can see the effect of any change instantly.

Blackout windows

Backups never start inside a blackout window — a backup that comes due waits until the window ends. Windows whose end time is earlier than their start cross midnight (22:00 – 06:00 covers your night). Each window applies on the weekdays you select.

Skip, pause, and catch-up

• Skip Next ignores one occurrence; the schedule continues after it.
• Pause (1 hour / 3 hours / until tomorrow) suspends the schedule and resumes automatically.
• Missed backups catch up gently. If a backup was missed while the app wasn't running or the Mac was asleep, BackupTempo runs it after a grace period (default 5 minutes after launch — configurable in Settings › General; 2 minutes after wake) so logging in never competes with a backup.