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Hi,

This may be a dumb question, but while doing a time machine backup I noticed the TM clock type Icons hands and arrow travelling in an anticlockwise direction.
Does this mean that if I do have to restore a file or application in the future for some reason that the clock icon will then rotate in a clockwise direction.
More out of curiosity than anything.
 

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No because when you do a restore, you do it from a Finder - like window. Try it and see. (The clock doesn't appear.)
 
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The menu bar icon goes counterclockwise to indicate that it's doing a backup of your hard drive. If you click on the Time Machine application icon in the Dock, you'll see how the restore process works.
 
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Hi,

Thanks guy`s new it was a dumb question before I hit the post button, have a great new year.
 
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I don’t think it was a dumb question. It got me thinking!

Happy New Year.
 

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