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Time Machine is always missing its familiar gre...

Ever since upgrading my 2012 Mac Pro to Yosemite, I cannot get the green Time Machine icon to stick.  After the first Time Machine backup, which took many hours, the icon suddenly appeared all by itself.  Then after a reboot, the icon reverted back to a generic internal hard drive icon (my Time Machine disk is an internal drive).   I went into settings and re-selected the Time Machine disk, then the icon came back by itself.  On the next reboot, it was gone again.

I've run Disk Utility and everything appears fine.  No, I've verified there is no custom icon set via the Get Info window, nor do I care to use a custom icon as a band-aide to this problem.   I'd like to find/fix the root problem.  (I'll only apply a temporary custom icon if this a verified bug in the OS.)

Originally, this machine came from Apple as refurbished with Mountain Lion installed.  The Time Machine icon was always proper.  Just a few days ago, I upgraded from ML to Yosemite when this problem started.  Otherwise, AFAIK, Time Machine backups are working fine.

Thanks.

After several days, I'm convinced this is a system bug.  I believe that once you choose a hard drive to be your Time Machine drive, then the icon should always stick regardless of a reboot.

Here are my observations and notes...

- After a reboot and at least two Time Machine backups, the icon eventually restores itself.

- Reselecting the drive in Time Machine Preferences restores the icon immediately (until the next reboot).

- Doing a "Get Info" and copying/pasting the green icon back onto itself, creates a situation where the Time Machine icon will always over-ride whatever default is underneath. (a hack workaround).

FWIW, I have the same issue. I tried to figure it out (no joy). I finally gave up and accept the generic icon. Incidentally, this has been going on since OS X 10.9.

Barry

Incidentally, this has been going on since OS X 10.9

Oh, that's so disappointing.

Here I thought by skipping over Mavericks I was avoiding goofy things like this.

Starting with Mavericks the TM icon is always orange when Mac is booted.  It will change green when it does its next backup and stay green unless you reboot.  That is the way it is.

Starting with Mavericks the TM icon is always orange when Mac is booted.  It will change green when it does its next backup and stay green unless you reboot.  That is the way it is.

Orange?  Mine is not orange, because mine is using an internal hard drive.  Perhaps you meant to say, the default drive icon.

It will change green when it does its next backup and stay green unless you reboot.

That really sounds like a bug, as the green Time Machine icon should stick for as long as that drive is selected in preferences.  But I'd be satisfied if actually changed into this icon after the first backup.

Unfortunately, it's still showing the default internal drive icon after my last backup.  I have to re-select the drive within preferences in order to get the Time Machine icon to display.

After several days, I'm convinced this is a system bug.  I believe that once you choose a hard drive to be your Time Machine drive, then the icon should always stick regardless of a reboot.

Here are my observations and notes...

- After a reboot and at least two Time Machine backups, the icon eventually restores itself.

- Reselecting the drive in Time Machine Preferences restores the icon immediately (until the next reboot).

- Doing a "Get Info" and copying/pasting the green icon back onto itself, creates a situation where the Time Machine icon will always over-ride whatever default is underneath. (a hack workaround).

OS Sierra : change the name of the external drive to "Time Machine", icon will appear.

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