Launch Time Machine directly from Dashboard. Free
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Mathieu Thouvenin
Time Machine Launcher widget is a simple widget that allows you to launch Time Machine directly from the comfort of your Dashboard. You'll not need to have the Time Machine icon in your dock anymore! Simply open the application or the folder you want to revert back in time, and click on the Time Machine icon in your Dashboard, it's as easy as that!
Features:
Features:
- The easiest widget ever... Just click on the widget to launch Time Machine and there you are, ready to go back in time!
- Force Time Machine to backup You can force Time Machine to backup when you want,
What's New
Version 1.2:
- You can now see the status of Time Machine (ON/OFF) simply by looking at the color of the widget:
- Time Machine ON = Icon in color
- Time Machine OFF = Icon in Black & White
- You can also turn Time Machine ON and OFF by click on the cross at the bottom left of the widget.
Requirements
Intel/PPC, Mac OS X 10.5 or later
Intel/PPC, Mac OS X 10.5 or later
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| Downloads:4,192 |
| Version Downloads:2,961 |
| Type:Utilities : File Management |
| License:Free |
| Date:16 Feb 2008 |
| Platform:PPC 32 / Intel 32 / OS X |
| Price:Free |
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Time Machine Launcher widget is a simple widget that allows you to launch Time Machine directly from the comfort of your Dashboard. You'll not need to have the Time Machine icon in your dock anymore! Simply open the application or the folder you want to revert back in time, and click on the Time Machine icon in your Dashboard, it's as easy as that!
Features:
Features:
- The easiest widget ever... Just click on the widget to launch Time Machine and there you are, ready to go back in time!
- Force Time Machine to backup You can force Time Machine to backup when you want, you don't need to wait for the backup each hour!
- Turn ON and OFF Time Machine You don't want Time Machine to backup anymore? Simply click on the cross button of the widget!
- Choose the size of the widget... You already have a lot of widgets in your Dashboard? Just choose a smaller size for the Time Machine Launcher widget! The size of your widget will be saved on your computer as well as on your .mac account automatically.
- Be aware of a new version automatically... When the widget is updated, you will see it directly on the widget. One click and you will download the new version of the widget.
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though, it makes me want to make a widget that will load the finder window. or i could make one that loads safari.
maybe one that shuts down the computer?
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I have to invoke Dashboard first then the Time Machine widget - 2 clicks. Bad Times. :(
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Unless I'm missing something this widget gets my vote as one of the most useless ones I've seen yet. Maybe some people are actually using OS X primarily from Dashboard instead of the traditional Desktop environment?
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