# Help? Two RW versions - one Mac **URL:** \ **Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\ **Created:** [May 25, 2016, 6:56am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/help-two-rw-versions-one-mac/7110 "2016-05-25T06:56:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Slavi](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/slavi/32/13213_2.png) [@Slavi](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Slavi)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 6:56am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/help-two-rw-versions-one-mac/7110/1 "2016-05-25T06:56:38Z")
Hello to anyone out there who might be able/willing to answer a couple of questions/help, I’ve been a RW user since RW4 but have never had two versions on the same computer. I have installed currently, RW 6.3.8 on my MBP - I only have a few additional plug-ins installed (Stacks3, Waterfall, Pluskit and EasyTube Gallery) and one additional theme (Foundation). I have purchased the upgrade for RW7 (DL but not installed ATM). My questions are (One I now know the answer to): 1. Can I have both RW6 and RW7 installed on the same Mac? YES 2. If (when) I install RW7 is it okay to re-install the plug-ins separately - I.e. reinstall Stacks3 into RW7 (right-click and open with RW7?). The same for Foundation. 3. Can I use RW6 projects in RW7? NO - different file format. The reason I want to do it this way is so that I can keep the current projects alive in RW6 (while trying to recreate them in RW7) - I did this with RW5 on my elderly MBP while recreating in RW6. Any help/advice will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance and Cheers, Slavi ---
**Author:** ![instacks](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/instacks/32/23339_2.png) [@instacks](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/instacks)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 8:47am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/help-two-rw-versions-one-mac/7110/2 "2016-05-25T08:47:00Z")
See following post: > [@Running RW6 and RW7 side by side](http://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/running-rw6-and-rw7-side-by-side/7083/9): > > You can export to a local folder and then upload with a FTP program. I use Transmit, what is able to synchronize my export folder with my webspace. In RW 7 it is really easy to use different export and upload options ---
**Author:** ![Runamok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Runamok](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Runamok)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 9:47am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/help-two-rw-versions-one-mac/7110/3 "2016-05-25T09:47:46Z")
I have one question that regard… Rudimentary new site (in my case, 8 days old) - done in version 6… Great. Except porting that to version 7 to continue is still the issue, isn’t it? Syncing the exported folder into version 7 would have been a little more useful information. ---
**Author:** ![jabostick](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jabostick/32/1760_2.png) [@jabostick](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jabostick)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/help-two-rw-versions-one-mac/7110/4 "2016-05-25T12:41:42Z")
> [@Slavi](#): > > Can I use RW6 projects in RW7? NO - different file format. You can use RW 6 projects in RW7, but you can’t go the other way. ---
**Author:** ![Runamok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@Runamok](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Runamok)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/help-two-rw-versions-one-mac/7110/5 "2016-05-26T15:28:58Z")
I haven’t tried this yet: but the one video indicates you could publish to a folder & ftp to your server. Can’t you then reacquire the folder using version 7, or does this formatting get in the way? ---
**Author:** ![jabostick](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/jabostick/32/1760_2.png) [@jabostick](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/jabostick)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 4:32pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/help-two-rw-versions-one-mac/7110/6 "2016-05-26T16:32:01Z")
I’m not totally sure using that method how things would work. I was more thinking that you can open a RW6 project file from your computer in RW7, but you can’t open a RW7 project file in RW6.