# Copy addons from RW5 to RW8

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**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [January 25, 2019, 8:00pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/copy-addons-from-rw5-to-rw8/24767 "2019-01-25T20:00:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![wllmst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ac91a4/32.png) [@wllmst](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/wllmst)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 8:00pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/copy-addons-from-rw5-to-rw8/24767/1 "2019-01-25T20:00:00Z")

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I took the leap directly from RW5 to RW8. I have two addons in RW5, Stacks and Blocks. I was able to convert my projects from 5 to 8 but I don’t see a way to copy the addons over

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**Author:** ![teefers](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/teefers/32/8173_2.png) [@teefers](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/teefers)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 8:04pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/copy-addons-from-rw5-to-rw8/24767/2 "2019-01-25T20:04:15Z")

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A couple of KB articles  
[https://help.realmacsoftware.com/rapidweaver-7/how-to-manually-install-add-ons](https://help.realmacsoftware.com/rapidweaver-7/how-to-manually-install-add-ons)

[https://help.realmacsoftware.com/rapidweaver-8/upgrading-to-rapidweaver-8/manually-copying-over-addons-from-rapidweaver-6-or-7-to-rapidweaver-8](https://help.realmacsoftware.com/rapidweaver-8/upgrading-to-rapidweaver-8/manually-copying-over-addons-from-rapidweaver-6-or-7-to-rapidweaver-8)

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**Author:** ![wllmst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ac91a4/32.png) [@wllmst](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/wllmst)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 8:50pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/copy-addons-from-rw5-to-rw8/24767/3 "2019-01-25T20:50:01Z")

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Doug,

RW 5.4 does not have the “reveal addons” option mentioned in the articles

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**Author:** ![teefers](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/teefers/32/8173_2.png) [@teefers](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/teefers)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/copy-addons-from-rw5-to-rw8/24767/4 "2019-01-25T21:04:38Z")

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The first article gives you the default location:  
~/Library/Application Support/RapidWeaver/

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**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/system/32/25301_2.png) [@system](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 7:04am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/copy-addons-from-rw5-to-rw8/24767/5 "2019-02-25T07:04:43Z")

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