TM switched off--continues to backup

This is strange: out TimeCapsule started blinking amber and when I went to the utility it warned me we were nearing capacity...WHUH? FIrst of all it's a tera. Second I've had it turned off for my machine recently and my wife doesn't have that much to backup on hers. I got info on the drive and sure enough it said we had over 900 gigs on it; 550 just from mine.
So I go to the TimeMachine preference panel and just as I thought, I had it switched off. Yet it also said my most recent backup was this morning at 1 a.m. I looked at the directory and it had backups going back to April. All this time it was switched off.
Can anyone explain to me how TM could be backing up when I had it turned off?

Alan Brunettin2 wrote:
No I don't see it backing up. I have it set for a 1 a.m. backup.
Well now, that actually brings up something I neglected to mention. I am running TimeMachineEditor to override TM's need to do hourly backups. My usage didn't require such over-use of backup and I couldn't stand the bogging down of the system when it would start its back up process.
But that's just doing what it's supposed to do, as in backing up every morning at 1. I wonder if that be also overriding my having turned off TM?
That's entirely possible. Those 3rd-party apps edit the "plists" that Time Machine uses. A number of folks have reported problems after using them. That's one of the reasons why I don't recommend them. See #13 in Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum).
As noted there, if your backups are causing serious system slowdowns, they may have been extra large, or there was some sort of conflict. See #D2 and #D4 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum).
Oh also, that full reset of the TM? That would also delete my wife's back up right?
No, as noted in #A4, a full reset doesn't delete any backups. All it does is deletes the preference file, which can cause problems if it's corrupted; and re-selects your TM drive.

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