Quicksilver accessible script for disabling and enabling Time Machine?

Question

I'd like to disable and enable Time Machine at will via Quicksilver.

'nuff said.

Do you're thang, nerds. :)

Answer 1

Just realized I could copy it out of another script I use to detect displays.

Here they are:

Disable:

tell application "System Preferences" to activate
    tell application "System Events"
        tell process "System Preferences"
                click menu item "Time Machine" of menu "View" of menu bar 1
                tell button "OFF" of window 1 to click
        end tell
    end tell
tell application "System Preferences" to quit

Enable:

tell application "System Preferences" to activate
tell application "System Events"
        tell process "System Preferences"
                click menu item "Time Machine" of menu "View" of menu bar 1
                tell button "ON" of window 1 to click
        end tell
end tell
tell application "System Preferences" to quit

Hope that helps someone else. If there's a better solution, I'm all ears!

Answer 2

You can also use this AppleScript to start a Time Machine backup:

do shell script "/System/Library/CoreServices/backupd.bundle/Contents/Resources/backupd-helper &"

or use a similar shell script.

I think Time Machine runs way too often. Instead, I leave Time Machine disabled and use Awaken to run this script twice daily.

Answer 3

I'm using TimeMachineEditor for modifying the schedule