On Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:30:50 -0800, Eric Schlegel said:

>You're actually seeing the cursor in Finder (and other apps) when
>opening a menu that requires a significant amount of time to open or
>render (which the "Open…" menu item often does). Menus in OS X apps
>(both Carbon and Cocoa) are still implemented using the Carbon Menu
>Manager, which accesses this cursor via the Carbon API SetAnimatedThemeCursor.

Nor is there anything in the HIG about that cursor, and when it should be used:
<https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/userexperience/Conceptual/AppleHIGuidelines/UEGuidelines/UEGuidelines.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40002720-SW4>

Cheers,

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Sean McBride, B. Eng                 [email protected]
Rogue Research                        www.rogue-research.com 
Mac Software Developer              Montréal, Québec, Canada

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