# Help requested: can't check for RW updates in V7.1.7

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/help-requested-cant-check-for-rw-updates-in-v7-1-7/11037>\
**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [November 11, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/help-requested-cant-check-for-rw-updates-in-v7-1-7/11037 "2016-11-11T18:36:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![chuckl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/0ea827/32.png) [@chuckl](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/chuckl)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/help-requested-cant-check-for-rw-updates-in-v7-1-7/11037/1 "2016-11-11T18:36:08Z")

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Purchased V7.1.7 today. After installing, I tried executing the menu item: “Rapidweaver 7” -\> “Check for updates…”. I get an error dialog box in response:

**Update Error!**  
“RapidWeaver can’t be updated when it’s running from a read-only volume like a disk image or an optical drive. Move RapidWeaver to your Applications folder, relaunch it from there, and try again.”

Note:

- that I am NOT running from a read-only volume,
- that Rapidweaver 7 is in my Applications folder,
- that Rapidweaver 6 (in the same Applications folder on the same volume) performs the update check properly, and
- that I am running MacOS sierra.

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**Author:** ![MarkSealey](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/marksealey/32/22895_2.png) [@MarkSealey](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MarkSealey)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/help-requested-cant-check-for-rw-updates-in-v7-1-7/11037/2 "2016-11-11T20:49:37Z")

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Charles,

What happens if you restart your machine - just in case the RW installer process is still trying to run from that r/o volume to which it actually probably was downloaded?

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**Author:** ![chuckl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/0ea827/32.png) [@chuckl](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/chuckl)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 11:04pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/help-requested-cant-check-for-rw-updates-in-v7-1-7/11037/3 "2016-11-11T23:04:03Z")

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Mark,

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried rebooting (no joy). Then, I reinstalled RW 7 and that seemed to fix the issue.

Chuck

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**Author:** ![MarkSealey](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/marksealey/32/22895_2.png) [@MarkSealey](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/MarkSealey)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/help-requested-cant-check-for-rw-updates-in-v7-1-7/11037/4 "2016-11-12T00:19:02Z")

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Charles - I’m sure you’d considered that. Sometimes the paths to distribution files gets fixed. Glad you got it working 🙂