Time machine icon in menu bar doesn't spin anymore in Mavericks

On three separate machines, new iMac, MacBook Pro, and Air, menu bar Time Machine icon no longer spins when backing up.

Maybe it has to do with Maverick's memory/power usage techniques. By not having the Time Machine icon spin it save one processing and power. That's my uneducated guess.
I will say that I am not a fan of it either as it looks like the menu is stuck or has crashed rather than actually doing something. That is why I came here. It comes across as something being wrong.
It is not a very good icon or representation of what is going on. They could have at least moved the clock hands to another position or something.The small additional arrow is just not enough.
Cheers, Andrew.

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I believe there is a slight bug in the new OS X 10.9.
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NOT a bug. New interface.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
Send a "gripe" to Apple.
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There is no circle around the clock hands.
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If I have deleted those actual files, then if I know where they are then I should be able to use TM to fix its own icon by going back to retrieve them.
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Ok Ok i give up
On my Macbook i can easily find where to select show time machine in the menu bar
But how the **** do i do it on my G5
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Any ideas please ???
Thanx

afishface101 wrote:
Ok Ok i give up
On my Macbook i can easily find where to select show time machine in the menu bar
But how the **** do i do it on my G5
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Time machine icon.

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This procedure is a test, not a solution. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
Step 1
The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is localized to your user account.
Enable guest logins* and log in as Guest. Don't use the Safari-only “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac.”
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