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10.5: Partially tame Time Machine's warping background
Authored by: ksars on Apr 13, '10 03:01:48PM

THANK YOU roens!

I just started using TM last month and that stupid animated background was driving me nuts. Are there any other effects this setting may have in the Finder?

I'm kinda of surprised that this solution was only posted just a couple weeks ago, since TM was released in 2007. Did this tip make the rounds back then and I just wasn't paying attention?



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10.5: Partially tame Time Machine's warping background
Authored by: roens on Apr 14, '10 09:35:51AM
Yeah, it has made the rounds. But I too have found this solution not easy to find. Flipping that _FXShowBackgroundAnimation bit shouldn't have any other effect. It happens to be in the Finder's preference file because the familiar "Enter Time Machine" happens to be handled by the Finder (rather than some TM specific app).

I'm glad you came back & found this useful. It's always nice to make such tips (more) available to the community.

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