Re: External HD polling?

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: External HD polling?
Date	2015-09-08 21:32 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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On 2015-09-08, nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
> In article <barmar-9EEB1C.17034908092015@88-209-239-213.giganet.hu>,
> Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>
>> Can't you just look at the Time Machine icon in the menubar when you 
>> hear it spin up? If it's doing a backup the arrow in the icon rotates.
>
> not anymore.

You can certainly click the icon to see whether a backup is in progress,
though.

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External HD polling? henry999@eircom.net (Henry) - 2015-08-30 09:00 +0300
  Re: External HD polling? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-30 06:04 +0000
    Re: External HD polling? The Translucent Amoebae <thetranslucentamoebae@gmail.com> - 2015-09-08 12:14 -0700
      Re: External HD polling? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-09-08 17:03 -0400
        Re: External HD polling? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-08 17:07 -0400
          Re: External HD polling? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-09-08 21:32 +0000
            Re: External HD polling? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-08 18:38 -0400
              Re: External HD polling? dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-09-09 11:49 +1200
                Re: External HD polling? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-08 19:58 -0400
                Re: External HD polling? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-09-09 00:00 +0000
      Re: External HD polling? henry999@eircom.net (Henry) - 2015-09-10 08:06 +0300
        Re: External HD polling? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-09-10 06:03 +0000

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