Originally Posted By: Hal Itosis
FWIW, i see no such [Verify Backups] item in Snow Leopard's menu extra... so it must be new in Lion.

I couldn't find it either so I want browsing in Help and came up with the following tidbit

Originally Posted By: Apple Help
Open the Time Machine menu in the menu bar, press the Option key on your keyboard, and then choose Verify Backups.

Don't do this when you are in a hurry wink

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