Black & white spinning wheel

I just got a new Macbook and noticed tht the little black and white spining wheel that lets the user know that the mac is performing a task is missing. I would like to get it back. Is there anyway to do this in the new Macbook?
Thanks

Yeah, I get the black and white wheel in AOL only but nothing else. The reason I miss it is that it prevents me from clicking on the return when a significant amount of time has gone by after selecting an operation or command because the wheel indicated that the computer was still working through it. Without it, I have clicked too early not knowing wheather or not the last task was completed or not received or stuck in limbo.

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