Can anyone tell me how to disable Time Machine?
It appears to be backing up automatically to a partition on the internal drive:
(Screenshot from Carbon Copy Cloner.)
This is the only setting I can find (System Preferences):
MacBook Pro Apple Silicon
https://macosx-faq.com/how-to-turn-off-time-machine/
How to delete Time Machine snapshots on your Mac
Notation - If the user is using a cloning software like Carbon Copy Cloner - suggest tweaking the Safety Net Feature in this software. It may be making additional Snap Shots that are not being Cloned to the Eternal Drive. If this should be the case, these Snap Shot could be using additional space on the drive
https://macosx-faq.com/how-to-turn-off-time-machine/
How to delete Time Machine snapshots on your Mac
Notation - If the user is using a cloning software like Carbon Copy Cloner - suggest tweaking the Safety Net Feature in this software. It may be making additional Snap Shots that are not being Cloned to the Eternal Drive. If this should be the case, these Snap Shot could be using additional space on the drive
What does the user believe will happen if the Destination Drive is Removed from the list of Destinations in TM Backup Utility ?
Link below and excerpt from same link
Change Time Machine settings on Mac - Apple Support (CA)
Add or Remove Backup Disk
If you already set up Time Machine, do either of the following:
Add a backup disk: Click the Add button 
.
Remove a backup disk: Click the Remove button 
, then click Forget Destination.
Unless I have misunderstand the question " Can anyone tell me how to disable Time Machine? "
The below answers that question
Add or Remove Backup Disk
If you already set up Time Machine, do either of the following:
Add a backup disk: Click the Add button .
Remove a backup disk: Click the Remove button , then click Forget Destination.
Time Machine Backup Utility makes snap shots too.
They are made and maintained on the Internal Drive.
At the Scheduled Time - TM Backup will attempt to Transfer the Snap Shot to the Designated and Chosen Drive the User ( you ) have assigned.
If TM Backup does NOT See the Attached Drive, it will hold the Snap Shot on the Internal Drive until such time as the Destination Drive is attached.
Should the Drive not be presented before the Next Scheduled Backup - TM Backup will create yet Another Snap Shot and hold that snap shot on the Internal Drive
CCC if used in Manual Mode and " Safety Net " within CCC is configured, it too will make Snaps Shots which and when Run will be Transferred to the Designated External Drive.
It is strongly suggested to Use 1 Designated Drive Solely for the Purposes of TM Backup Utility
It is very strongly suggest to Use a Seperate Drive Solely for the Purposes of Carbon Copy Cloner
Thanks.
Any idea how to disable Time Machine completely?
That's for an older version of macOS. The settings in macOS 13 are different.
Time Machine Backup Drive is being used to Restore
Not Time Machine Backup Utility performing a Backup
Further and according to Carbon Copy Cloner >> Help -
CCC Can Not be used to Clone a TM Backup Drive
https://bombich.com/kb/ccc6/can-i-use-carbon-copy-cloner-clone-time-machine-backup
In the passage you've quoted, it says "If you already set up Time Machine, do either of the following".
The thing is that I've never set up Time Machine, but it appears to be running nevertheless. And as the screenshot above shows, I haven't added a backup disk so there's no backup disk to remove.
Thanks for your reply.
I'm not sure exactly how to understand this. What application could be making this Time Machine backup if not Time Machine (CCC backups/snapshots are labelled differently)?
I haven't added a backup disk (see the screenshot in the initial post).
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How to disable Time Machine?
