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Q: Time Machine using StartCalendarInterval

I want Time Machine (via com.apple.backupd-auto.plist) to use StartCalendarInterval to do weekly backup only.   This works on 10.6.8.   Having migrated to 10.11.2, I cannot get this modified plist to work.   System Log reports:  (com.apple.xpc.launchd.domain.system): Could not parse plist: path = /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.backupd-auto.plist, error = 109: Invalid property list.    (10.6.8 backupd-auto is not the same as this....)

 

Could an expert please advise on what is wrong with this:

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">

<plist version="1.0">

<dict>

        <key>MachServices</key>

        <dict>

                <key>com.apple.backupd-helper.status</key>

                <dict>

                        <key>HideUntilCheckIn</key>

                        <true/>

                </dict>

                <key>com.apple.backupd-auto</key>

                <true/>

        </dict>

        <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>

        <string>com.apple.backup.launcher</string>

        <key>Label</key>

        <string>com.apple.backupd-auto</string>

        <key>Disabled</key>

        <true/>

        <key>ProgramArguments</key>

        <array>

                <string>/System/Library/CoreServices/backupd.bundle/Contents/Resources/backupd- helper</string>

                <string>-launchd</string>

        </array>

        <key>LaunchEvents</key>

        <dict>

                <key>com.apple.xpc.activity</key>

                <dict>

                        <key>com.apple.backupd-auto</key>

                        <dict>

                                <key>StartCalendarInterval</key>

                                <dict>

                                  <key>Hour</key>

                                  <integer>11</integer>

                                  <key>Minute</key>

                                  <integer>15</integer>

                                  <key>Weekday</key>

                                  <integer>7</integer>

                                <dict/>

                        </dict>

                </dict>

        </dict>

        <key>RunAtLoad</key>

        <true/>

        <key>KeepAlive</key>

        <true/>

        <key>EnableTransactions</key>

        <true/>

        <key>POSIXSpawnType</key>

        <string>Background</string>

        <key>EnablePressuredExit</key>

        <true/>

</dict>

</plist>

iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015), OS X El Capitan (10.11.2)

Posted on Dec 21, 2015 1:13 AM

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