Scheduled Backups even when no activity?

I leave my computer on all day while I'm at work and no one is using it. I noticed that Time Machine still makes hourly backups even though the computer doesn't have any activity occurring on it. Should this be happening? I would think this is a waste of resources during the day when there isnt really anything to back up. Shouldnt it only backing up hourly when there is activity on it?

that doesnt make any sense. If the computer is asleep, Tim Machine cant recognize that and know that there has been no disk activity? It would seem to me that nothing is changing if the computer is asleep. And therefore there is no reason for time machine to be running and backing up. The only time there is disk activity is when time machine wakes the computer to back itself up.

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