Fix for scheduled backups with Timeshift and Arch Linux

timeshift-archlinux-fix.md

Issue

If you installed Timeshift from the AUR package (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/timeshift/), you'll find that scheduled backups may not work. This is due to cronie being disabled by default.

Fix

Check if cronie is present first:

systemctl list-unit-files | grep cronie

This should return that the service is present, but disabled. Start it by running the following commands:

systemctl start cronie
systemctl start cronie.service

Now check if cronie is indeed enabled:

systemctl status cronie

If cronie is enabled and sheduled backups are working, make the change permanent by automatically enabling the service at startup:

systemctl enable cronie
systemctl enable cronie.service

Timeshift should now behave as intended with scheduled backups.