Time Machine in Mavericks

I installed Mavericks on my MacMini. The only way I know Time Machine is backing up to my Time Capsule is to click on the "clock" icon in the menu bar. The Time Machine icon does not appear on the desktop, and the "clock" icon in the menue bar does not spin. Other than those visual cues not being present, Time Machine backs up and restores just fine.
I am not concerned, but is this a change in Time Machine behavior, or is it just me?
Everyone have a nice day.

Steve Holton wrote:
For better or worse the animation of the TM icon is gone.
IMO the animated TIme Machine icon was more helpful; Only a glance was needed to know an active backup was in progress. This seems like a step backward for the user. Also, Mavericks Finder windows use the animated icon. This is inconsistent with the non-animated in the menu bar.
Please file feedback to Apple and let them know if you'd like the animated icon.
I feel the same way about the removal of color icons from the Finder window sidebars too.

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DIBackingStoreInstantiatorProbe: interface 1, score     1000, CBundleBackingStore
DIBackingStoreInstantiatorProbe: interface 2, score    -1000, CRAMBackingStore
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DIBackingStoreInstantiatorProbe: interface 5, score    -1000, CCURLBackingStore
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DIBackingStoreInstantiatorProbe: interface 1, score    -1000, CBundleBackingStore
DIBackingStoreInstantiatorProbe: interface 2, score    -1000, CRAMBackingStore
DIBackingStoreInstantiatorProbe: interface 3, score      100, CCarbonBackingStore
DIBackingStoreInstantiatorProbe: interface 4, score    -1000, CDevBackingStore
DIBackingStoreInstantiatorProbe: interface 5, score    -1000, CCURLBackingStore
DIBackingStoreInstantiatorProbe: interface 6, score    -1000, CVectoredBackingStore
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