How can I change the "next backup time" in Time Machine

I have multiple Macs all of which are running Snow Leopard and all of which back up to the same Time Capsule. Lately they seem to all have synchronized to back up at exactly the same start time which really slows down the individual backup times since the Time Capsule is slow to begin with. I would like to force Time Machine on each Mac to start at a different time so that only one Mac at a time would be backing up to the Time Capsule. Is there a way to do this?

I don't think you can actually specify a time but the previous and next back up time is offered.
You could turn off Time machine for a couple of hours on one, just to test, then restart it.   It should then be two hours later than the rest.   If the theory works it's just a question of patiently organising things.

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