900 versions of the same file

I do not need 900 backup versions of my address book. I add stuff to my address book all day long. I dont want TM to keep the past 900 versions. I just need 1 version backed up. Is there a way via Apple or 3rd party that will only keep the last version. Also, I work on Final Cut projects and Lightwave 3D files that get changed all day long all week long. I dont need but 1 daily copy. I dont want my backup drive filled up with a million copies of files that I need only 1 copy of. I make a v2 or v3 of a file if I need to keep the original version and go down a different path.
Lil' help please. Thanks.

FCPeditor wrote:
I do not need 900 backup versions of my address book. I add stuff to my address book all day long. I dont want TM to keep the past 900 versions. I just need 1 version backed up. Is there a way via Apple or 3rd party that will only keep the last version. Also, I work on Final Cut projects and Lightwave 3D files that get changed all day long all week long. I dont need but 1 daily copy. I dont want my backup drive filled up with a million copies of files that I need only 1 copy of. I make a v2 or v3 of a file if I need to keep the original version and go down a different path.
TM will not keep 900 versions of a file. Or a million, either.
Your very first backup, and the first of that same day of the week thereafter, is a "weekly" backup. Those are kept as long as there's room on your TM disk/partition.
The first backup of every other day is called a "daily" backup, and is kept for a month.
All other backups are "hourly" backups, and kept for 24 hours.
So if you change a file every hour, 24 hours a day, for 6 months, you'll have at most:
About 21 weekly backups, plus 30 daily backups, plus 24 hourlies.
That gives you an excellent chance of recovering something that was changed or deleted in error, or somehow corrupted.
Your best bet is to let it run, and just keep an eye on how much space it's taking up. If it seems excessive, there are some features and applications that cause extra-large backups, and ways to deal with them. See item #9 of the Frequently Asked Questions post at the top of this forum.

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