I am using MBP 15 retina on 10.9. I started Time Machine with external WD HDD. The backup is running but lately I noticed the icon is not spinning when backup is in progress.
I tried turning the showing icon off / on, also tried turning TM off / on, restart MBP but problem not solved.
Anymore suugestion I can try or is this a bug in 10.9?
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9)
Does not spin in 10.9 in the menu bar
Saving both processing power and battery.
Does not spin in 10.9 in the menu bar
Saving both processing power and battery.
Hi james,
It spins in the Sidebar.
Yes it spins in the Finder window but I want to see it spin on the menu bar.
Do you know where it is documented for this feature?
As has been mentioned, it doesnt spin in 10.9 , its not a bug.
It originally served no purpose anyway
jameshoty wrote:
Yes it spins in the Finder window but I want to see it spin on the menu bar.
Sorry, no can do. As with each new OS, some things are different, and some for no apparent reason. IMHO 10.9 has a lot of that going on . . . .
jameshoty wrote:
Do you know where it is documented for this feature?
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/10/os-x-10-9/23/#time-machine
WHAT? It doesn't spin any more?
That's it, Im outa here.
Sell My stock, this company is headed straight down the toilet.
No way. This is the beginning of the end. They are doomed, DOOMED!
Don't do that just for this (insignificant) issue. As long as we understand that it does not spin and it is the feature of the new OS, I am ok to accept this "not spining" time machine feature.
Well, I suppose I could just click on it and check the time of the last backup.
Then I would know that its little heart was still beating, which was what I wanted to know anyway.
The subtle difference about the Time Machine icons when the backup begins and when it is idling is the little extra "traiangle" appear when the backup is in progress. Now I know whether time machine is in progress by just looking at this icon (with little triangle) and do not need to visit the system preference. Apple is still very user friendly, just that you need to discover it 😎
icon when backup is in progress
icon when backup is idling
i liked the spinning icon.
with CPU power we have today, thats not a big hog on resources - come on !!
I can't understand the logic for making a still icon, it is easy to miss.
It is small details that make me love my mac. It should have been made an optional choice to choose animated or still icons for system tasks in the preferences/display. It preserve battery? Don't make me laugh. Most of us already use time machine connected to a plug...
And also what about other energy saver changes on mavericks? My mac mini mid 2010 works wonderfully with 10.7.4, but very slow wih 10.9. Also fan spins like **** in 10.9 in every 10 or 5 minutes. As I know heat is the byproduct of used electricity, and 10.9 produces much more heat which could only mean much more electricity use. So do these still icons required to preserve battery. Oh, I don't believe so, it just seems someone is being lazy.
And some may argue, mavericks is not for mid 2010 computers, but I noticed lowered battery times (before you say : I did calibration and resets) in my macbook pro retina 2014 after 10.9 upgrade. About five hrs to 4 although still new and at the original capacity in the test.
I agree with you that it is these nice interface features that we like about Apple. But I still choose to believe that Apple remove the spinning for good reason. Maybe it doesnt want to distract user (though you can disable from showing it in the menu bar entirely) while we are working since we don't really care if the backup is running or not.
Just my 2-cents thought ;-)
Time Machine icon not spinning
