# Dodgy Preview Engine in RW8

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/dodgy-preview-engine-in-rw8/23332>\
**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [November 12, 2018, 3:08pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/dodgy-preview-engine-in-rw8/23332 "2018-11-12T15:08:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![manofdogz](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/manofdogz/32/26314_2.png) [@manofdogz](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/manofdogz)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2018, 3:08pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/dodgy-preview-engine-in-rw8/23332/1 "2018-11-12T15:08:16Z")

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I’m finding that the Preview issues that arose in RW7…

- slow previews
- sometimes fails to preview the correct page
- sometimes shows a blank page
- sometimes page-jumping

…are all happening in RW8. In RW7 I found the problem mostly on large Foundation projects but now it happens on any page with more than a small number of stacks in any theme.

I’m all up to date but on High Sierra rather than Mojave. 2.8GHz i7 processor, 16GB Ram so not under-spec’d.

Anyone have any fixes? if not, can the guys at Realmac take a good look at this in a future release. For me it’s spoiling the experience considerably.

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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:** [November 12, 2018, 3:13pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/dodgy-preview-engine-in-rw8/23332/2 "2018-11-12T15:13:19Z")

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Although I’ve been using the new simulator more in RW8 and haven’t seen those problems in the simulator or preview when I do use it.  
Is it happening on all projects or just one?  
Might take a look at this post:

> [@RW 8.0.3: Generating Previews](http://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw-8-0-3-generating-previews/23303):
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> Since other related topics have been closed, may I add my voice to those who’ve found that RW 8 (.0.3) is unacceptably slow generating previews, please? I have a two page (placeholder) [site](http://www.sibeliususers.org) where moving to Preview from Edit doesn’t always display the right page. A Preview can take anything up to five minutes to generate. Anyone any ideas, please?

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**Author:** ![manofdogz](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/manofdogz/32/26314_2.png) [@manofdogz](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/manofdogz)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2018, 3:19pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/dodgy-preview-engine-in-rw8/23332/3 "2018-11-12T15:19:49Z")

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Thanks for this - good thread - I haven’t seen before.

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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:** [December 13, 2018, 1:19am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/dodgy-preview-engine-in-rw8/23332/4 "2018-12-13T01:19:49Z")

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