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Drop in /Library/LaunchDaemons and disable TimeMachine's automated backups. Will run backups at 8:00 and 18:30, adjust by modifying the StartCalendarInterval array.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>coop.plausible.backupd-daily</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/System/Library/CoreServices/backupd.bundle/Contents/Resources/backupd-helper</string>
</array>
<key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>Hour</key>
<integer>8</integer>
<key>Minute</key>
<integer>0</integer>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>Hour</key>
<integer>18</integer>
<key>Minute</key>
<integer>30</integer>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>
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