I ran across Todd Werth’s IR_Black Terminal theme, which seemed to be very easy on the eyes. Actually, at the time of this writing, Todd Werth’s theme is the only theme I’ve found.

Steps for setting a theme for Mac OS X Terminal

1. Download and install SIMBL
2. Download and install TerminalColors Bundle
3. Download and install Todd Werth’s IR_Black theme

Note: This article assumes you know your way around Mac OS X, can install programs, and are comfortable manipulate files. Should you need extra help, please contact me or post a comment below and I’ll go into finer detail.

My issue is not with Time Machine itself.  It’s a great idea and great program!  I just wish there was a better control panel for it.  Oh well, time to get down and dirty.

From this hint I was able to set the Time Machine backup schedule from one hour to six hours.

Basically, in Terminal, you:

cd /System/Library/LaunchDaemons
sudo vi com.apple.backupd-auto.plist


Note: I’m using the vi editor to do this hack. You can choose any editor you wish, just make sure you have proper permissions.

Once open, you change the property:

<key>StartInterval</key>
<integer>3600</integer>


Where 3600 is the number of seconds you want Time Machine to run. I changed mine to 21600 and voila!

Now maybe I can play a DVD without Time Machine interupting my full screen.