How can I change the frequency of when Time Machine reminds me to backup?

I used to get a pop up every ten days telling me that it's been ten days since I backed up Time Machine, but since the last time I backed it up, it's started notifitying me everyday. I'm just wondering if there's a way I can change the frequency, since I usually just back it up every few months and I don't keep my external hardrive hooked up all the time.
Thanks!

That's not a particularly wise backup strategy. You should backup at least once per week. Time Machine is designed to backup hourly if left alone. You should have a permanent backup drive that remains connected to the computer at all times except, perhaps, when you are traveling.
If you disconnect the backup drive then Time Machine will start to save snapshots on your computer until the backup drive is reconnected at which time the snapshots are transferred to your backup drive and erased from the computer's drive.
You can use a utility such as TimeMachineEditor 3.0.3 to change Time Machine's backup interval.

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