# Timeshift

**URL:** <https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/timeshift/2521>\
**Category:** Userland\
**Created:** [May 19, 2026, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/timeshift/2521 "2026-05-19T16:12:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![SauronsMouth](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/user_avatar/forum.maboxlinux.org/sauronsmouth/32/4064_2.png) [@SauronsMouth](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/u/SauronsMouth)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.maboxlinux.org/t/timeshift/2521/1 "2026-05-19T16:12:21Z")

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If you are not using this amazing piece of software I urge you to consider it.

It has saved me countless times. If your system breaks, resync it back to a date you know that it wasn’t broken. You can schedule snapshots, monthly, weekly, daily and it just works. I can NOT speak more highly of a simple solution to your insanity.

Recently, I borked my system to the point that lightdm would NOT work. I could NOT log in to the desktop. From a TTY prompt, initiated by pressing ALT-F5 I was able to execute ‘sudo timeshift --restore’ to select a restore point I knew worked, and it just booted, much to my amazement.

I highly recommend this amazing piece of software. It can AND WILL save your butt in a pinch.

Install timeshift by opening a terminal and entering ‘sudo pacman -S timeshift’ On it’s initial execution, a wizard will lead you through setting it up.

Have fun people.