# Finding Original Site files

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/finding-original-site-files/40934>\
**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [October 7, 2021, 7:30pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/finding-original-site-files/40934 "2021-10-07T19:30:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![mrchuckhall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@mrchuckhall](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/mrchuckhall)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 7:30pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/finding-original-site-files/40934/1 "2021-10-07T19:30:46Z")

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I havent updated my site in some time. Decided to work on it today. Rapidweaver gone, as are the original site files. Of course, the website is still there. Sigh…build a new site from scratch seems the only option, but if there’s a way to retrieve the the RW files so at least I’d have a starting point…are they available anywhere? This is a new computer that I restored from a full backup, so I’m not sure where the bloody things went…everything else seems to be here…

Any insight would be helpful. Thanks.

CH

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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:** [October 7, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/finding-original-site-files/40934/2 "2021-10-07T21:14:42Z")

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You should be able to search for the project file.

> [@Can't find website file on hard drive](http://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/cant-find-website-file-on-hard-drive/39273/4):
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> If it’s on your Mac but you can’t find it, try using finders search by file extension feature: The file extension varies by RW release, you haven’t said what version you are using. This feature also should work with TimeMachine, so you search your backups If you didn’t turn on the backup feature of publishing (it’s off by default) then you need to find it on your Mac, on your old Mac or from a backup like TimeMachine.

The file extension for Rapidweaver 8 is RW8, (if I remember correctly, on my iPadj.

You will need to install Rapidweaver if you didn’t get it from the backup. You’ll also need to restore the addons folder if you had used any 3rd party addons, plugins, stacks and themes).

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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:** [November 7, 2021, 7:14am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/finding-original-site-files/40934/3 "2021-11-07T07:14:58Z")

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