# Does RW 6 work on Mac OS Sierra?

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/does-rw-6-work-on-mac-os-sierra/9793>\
**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [September 22, 2016, 2:47am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/does-rw-6-work-on-mac-os-sierra/9793 "2016-09-22T02:47:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![mdlong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8edcca/32.png) [@mdlong](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/mdlong)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 2:47am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/does-rw-6-work-on-mac-os-sierra/9793/1 "2016-09-22T02:47:25Z")

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Quick question to the RW community…

Has anyone that still uses RW 6.4 upgraded to Mac OS Sierra yet? I am stuck with RW 6 until it is safe to use RW 7 with my PHP-heavy site and I don’t want to risk any incompatibility with Mac OS. So has anyone out there upgraded to Mac OS Sierra and successfully kept using RW 6?

Any comments appreciated.

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**Author:** ![LaPan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/lapan/32/92_2.png) [@LaPan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/LaPan)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2016, 3:17am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/does-rw-6-work-on-mac-os-sierra/9793/2 "2016-09-22T03:17:40Z")

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No reports of any issues so far here.

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**Author:** ![sandokandrea](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/sandokandrea/32/3293_2.png) [@sandokandrea](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/sandokandrea)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 7:55am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/does-rw-6-work-on-mac-os-sierra/9793/3 "2016-10-31T07:55:36Z")

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any news? Is it safe to upgrade to Sierra?

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**Author:** ![mdlong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8edcca/32.png) [@mdlong](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/mdlong)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2016, 10:39am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/does-rw-6-work-on-mac-os-sierra/9793/4 "2016-10-31T10:39:13Z")

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I’ve still not heard from anyone about their success with RW 6.4 and MacOS Sierra, so I’ve continued to hold off upgrading.

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**Author:** ![sandokandrea](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/sandokandrea/32/3293_2.png) [@sandokandrea](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/sandokandrea)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 4:18am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/does-rw-6-work-on-mac-os-sierra/9793/5 "2016-11-10T04:18:11Z")

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So am I… maybe I could find out with my other computer. I’ll try it end of next week, after the 20ies of November. Then I’ll inform You.

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**Author:** ![isaiah](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/isaiah/32/93_2.png) [@isaiah](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/isaiah)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 6:44am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/does-rw-6-work-on-mac-os-sierra/9793/6 "2016-11-10T06:44:24Z")

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I regularly test Stacks 3 + RapidWeaver 7 on:  
Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan and macOS 10.12 Sierra

And Stacks 3 + RapidWeaver 6 on:  
10.9 -\> 10.12

There are some slight cosmetic differences and a few tiny behavioral ones – but mostly things work well across the board.

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**Author:** ![Kunstmaler](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/kunstmaler/32/934_2.png) [@Kunstmaler](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Kunstmaler)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 9:00am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/does-rw-6-work-on-mac-os-sierra/9793/7 "2016-11-10T09:00:13Z")

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I work with RW 5, RW 6 and RW 7 on Mac OS Sierra. So fare no problems.

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**Author:** ![mdlong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8edcca/32.png) [@mdlong](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/mdlong)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 10:36am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/does-rw-6-work-on-mac-os-sierra/9793/8 "2016-11-10T10:36:09Z")

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Thanks @isaiah and @Kunstmaler - I appreciate the information. I’ll go ahead and upgrade this weekend then.

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**Author:** ![sandokandrea](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/sandokandrea/32/3293_2.png) [@sandokandrea](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/sandokandrea)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 10:38am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/does-rw-6-work-on-mac-os-sierra/9793/9 "2016-11-22T10:38:41Z")

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Thanks @isaiah and @Kunstmaler for the information. Any news on RapidBlog working in the Sierra configuration? For me is the most critical issue for the time being.

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**Author:** ![Kunstmaler](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/kunstmaler/32/934_2.png) [@Kunstmaler](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Kunstmaler)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 1:48pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/does-rw-6-work-on-mac-os-sierra/9793/10 "2016-11-22T13:48:30Z")

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I only use RapidBlog once. With RW 5 ! This website was updated 2 weeks ago and found no problems.

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**Author:** ![isaiah](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/isaiah/32/93_2.png) [@isaiah](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/isaiah)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/does-rw-6-work-on-mac-os-sierra/9793/11 "2016-11-22T16:28:22Z")

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I am not aware of any plugins problems with Sierra (we try to take care of those sorts of things well before the release date). 🙂

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**Author:** ![mdlong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8edcca/32.png) [@mdlong](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/mdlong)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/does-rw-6-work-on-mac-os-sierra/9793/12 "2016-11-24T01:38:11Z")

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I’ve now been using RW 6.4 on Sierra for 2 weeks and I’ve not had any problems at all.

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**Author:** ![sandokandrea](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/sandokandrea/32/3293_2.png) [@sandokandrea](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/sandokandrea)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 4:38am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/does-rw-6-work-on-mac-os-sierra/9793/13 "2016-11-24T04:38:57Z")

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Great! thank You for Your answer. I will then dare to move on to Sierra soon…
