Does anyone think they could make a widget that will monitor the status of Time Machine and display when the last backup occured?

I was amazed when I googled this and found nothing, it seems like such a useful widget to have if for nothing more then piece of mind.

Hi Errandwolf:

I'm not running Leopard yet (still running Tiger) but this sounds like a great idea for a widget.

I'm sure that many Leopard users would find this widget invaluable.

--danyel

We'd have to figure out where the Time Machine prefpane is pulling its "last backup" stat from, and then go from there.

This intrigues me, even though I have next to no widget-programming experience.

It would also be neat to have a "backup now" button.

Hmm, I've been having a dig through Time Machine and I still can't find anything that tells you what the values are...

Me too. I know how to start a TM backup, but not how to find out the last time it was ran.

This is a good idea, I just need an hd to use with time machine. I'm thinking about buying a g4 and putting leo server & a couple of sata drives in it, hook it all up with my cisco.