Time Slider service takes automatic snapshots of your files every 15 minutes. When your system administrator has enabled Time Slider, you can browse and recover old versions of your files by using File Manager application.
Use this procedure to view a list of the snapshots available for a particular folder.
The Time Slider pane shows the available snapshots for a folder in a time-ordered sequence of bars. The earliest snapshot is on the left, and the current state, labelled Now, is on the right as shown in the following figure.
For each snapshot in the Time Slider pane:
The height of the bar indicates the amount of data in the snapshot. The higher the bar, the larger the number of file system changes since the previous snapshot.
The appearance of the bar indicates the type of snapshot.
Unfilled: Local snapshot only, no external backup
Filled: Local snapshot with external backup
Rounded top: Automatic Time Slider snapshot
Square top: Manual snapshot
If several snapshots are displayed, you can filter the timeline by using the drop-down list in the Time Slider pane. The following options are available:
All: Displays all the existing snapshots.
Today: Displays only snapshots that have been taken today.
Yesterday: Displays only snapshots that were taken the previous day.
This week: Displays snapshots that have been taken since Sunday of the current week.
Last week: Displays snapshots that were taken between Sunday and Saturday of the previous.
This month: Displays snapshots that have been taken since the 1st of the current month.
Last month: Displays snapshots that were taken between the 1st and 31st of the previous month.
This year: Displays snapshots that have been taken since January 1st of the current year.
Last year: Displays snapshots that were taken between January 1st and December 31st of the previous year
To hide the Time Slider pane again, click the Close button on the top right of the pane. Alternately, you can choose View→Restore, click the Time Slider toolbar button, or press Ctrl+E, when the pane is displayed.
The File Manager window contents are updated to show the files that were present in the folder when the snapshot was taken.
The File Manager window contents are updated to show the files that were present in the folder when the snapshot was taken.
If no different versions are available to compare, No Versions is shown on the menu instead of Explore Versions.
The Time Slider File Version Explorer window is displayed.
If you want to edit a previous version of a file, you must first restore it to your working environment. Use this procedure to restore the previous version of a file.
The File Manager window contents are updated to show the files that were present in the folder when the snapshot was taken.
Sometimes you might want to take a snapshot of your files manually, rather than waiting for the Time Slider to automatically take a snapshot.
A manual snapshot of the file manager is displayed on the Time Slider panel
If you are certain that you no longer require a particular snapshot, whether it is a manual snapshot or an automatic Time Slider snapshot, you can delete it by using the following procedure.
Since this step is permanent and cannot be undone, you must be logged in as root and provide the root password to perform this step.