# Crash on Multiple Stack Copy and Paste **URL:** \ **Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\ **Created:** [January 6, 2022, 9:53am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/crash-on-multiple-stack-copy-and-paste/41931 "2022-01-06T09:53:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ricinport](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/ricinport/32/9349_2.png) [@ricinport](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ricinport)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 9:53am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/crash-on-multiple-stack-copy-and-paste/41931/1 "2022-01-06T09:53:58Z")
Hi Long time since I visited the forum. Happy New Year everyone. I experience a crash to desktop if I select a large number of stacks then paste them to another area or page (or even another project). It’s difficult to say exactly what number of stacks causes this crash. Likely it’s a quite a few because I’ll have plenty of ‘stacked’ stacks in the clipboard, so, probably from a dozen upwards. It’s annoying though, especially if I haven’t saved prior and the only way around it is to do multiple operations of say copy/pasting 10 stacks or less to ensure stability. The functionality of doing multiple stack copy and pasting is really useful in my workflow. Any thoughts? Ric ---
**Author:** ![Fuellemann](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/fuellemann/32/22871_2.png) [@Fuellemann](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Fuellemann)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 9:57am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/crash-on-multiple-stack-copy-and-paste/41931/2 "2022-01-06T09:57:40Z")
tagging @isaiah ---
**Author:** ![Heroic\_Nonsense](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/heroic_nonsense/32/20666_2.png) [@Heroic\_Nonsense](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Heroic_Nonsense)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 10:28am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/crash-on-multiple-stack-copy-and-paste/41931/3 "2022-01-06T10:28:56Z")
As a work around until the cause is resolved, try putting those stacks in a partial and copy the partial over. At the “destination”, you can unpack the partial to have seperate stacks again if required (or just leave it as a partial if that works for you). Cheers, Erwin ---
**Author:** ![Rovertek](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/rovertek/32/223_2.png) [@Rovertek](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Rovertek)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 12:59pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/crash-on-multiple-stack-copy-and-paste/41931/4 "2022-01-06T12:59:19Z")
Hey, Ric, Are you using a 3rd party clipboard app for copy/paste or you’re just using macOS’s clipboard? ---
**Author:** ![ricinport](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/ricinport/32/9349_2.png) [@ricinport](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ricinport)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 2:04pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/crash-on-multiple-stack-copy-and-paste/41931/5 "2022-01-06T14:04:06Z")
Hi Rovertek I’m physically using cmd C and cmd V to actually copy and paste but I do have 'Copy 'Em ’ running. And I have and do use 'Copy 'Em sometimes with Rapidweaver successfully for copying. You might have something here. I just assumed the problem was with RW and the large number of stacks causing problems. Seeing as no-one here has confirmed the same problem maybe it’s me. I’ll have a play later without Copy 'Em running. ---
**Author:** ![joemart1951](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/joemart1951/32/1193_2.png) [@joemart1951](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/joemart1951)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 2:28pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/crash-on-multiple-stack-copy-and-paste/41931/6 "2022-01-06T14:28:33Z")
This is just IMO…the only time I have seen this is when the system is running short on memory. ---
**Author:** ![Panans](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/panans/32/22695_2.png) [@Panans](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Panans)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/crash-on-multiple-stack-copy-and-paste/41931/7 "2022-01-06T15:38:48Z")
As @joemart1951 states, I also think a lack of RAM can be the problem. Have you tried drag and drop? Works perfectly between 2 RW projects. Drag them one by one instead of the whole bunch at once. Hans ---
**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 6, 2022, 1:38am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/crash-on-multiple-stack-copy-and-paste/41931/8 "2022-02-06T01:38:53Z")
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