Time Machine Hourly Back Up - How can I Disable

Even though I have Time Machine swicted off at the toggle it continues to back up every hour
I have a MAc Mini and a 1TB external hard drive atatched. Despite wswitching off the toggle the hard drive is three quarters full of back ups.
I agree a back up is good but there is now too much - I dont make that many cahnges.
How can I stop this hourly back up and - as I thought I could by switching the toggle off - simply back up mnually?
Also wjhat about when I upgrade to Moutain Lion?
Thanks

- If you used PhotoStream then try getting them from your PhotoStream. See that topic of:
iOS: Importing personal photos and videos from iOS devices to your computer
- Maybe from the restored iPod via How to perform iPad recovery for photos, videos
Wondershare Dr.Fone for iOS: iPhone Data Recovery - Wondershare Official     
http://www.amacsoft.com/ipod-data-recovery.html

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