BTFRS Timeshift Snapshots

[anon49413154]

Hi I am trying to use the Timeshift tool to create scheduled snapshots of my BTFRS drive however I have failed to see any snapshots being created.

I’ve tried to use on boot and daily options, and varying numbers in the keep value to no avail.

Current Settings:

The only 3 snapshots I have were manually created which are the following:

I don’t know if there’s some service I have to check as there’s nothing mentioning one.

[pebcak]

I have not used Timeshift for a long time but I think for the scheduling to work, you would need to have the package cronie installed.

Also cronie.service needs to be enabled and running:

sudo systemctl enable --now cronie.service