# New mac, help please **URL:** \ **Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\ **Created:** [February 8, 2019, 5:21pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/new-mac-help-please/25121 "2019-02-08T17:21:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Von](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/6bbea6/32.png) [@Von](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Von)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 5:21pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/new-mac-help-please/25121/1 "2019-02-08T17:21:19Z")
Hi, I got a new Mac, which is connected to an icloud, and it should have installed my RW 8, but it didn’t. I installed it manually and activated it, however, my themes, stacks, and projects did not show? ---
**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:** [February 8, 2019, 5:54pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/new-mac-help-please/25121/2 "2019-02-08T17:54:09Z")
> [@Von](#): > > Hi, I got a new Mac, which is connected to an icloud, and it should have installed my RW Not sure if I understand what you are asking. Having a Mac connected to iCloud will not automatically install applications that are on another Mac. If you purchased app’s from the Apple App Store (RW8 is currently not available on the app store) then the app store (not iCloud) can install apps for you. RapidWeaver (7 and up) allow you to select a location to place your addons folder in. If you selected to install the addons in iCloud on the old computer then simply go to the new Mac and open RapidWeaver, select preferences and choose the addon tab and select the folder that your add-ons were stored on. ---
**Author:** ![Parker](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/parker/32/21249_2.png) [@Parker](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Parker)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 7:32pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/new-mac-help-please/25121/3 "2019-02-08T19:32:41Z")
You could use Time Machine on the old Mac and restore to the new Mac. That is the way i always move apps and it works fine. ---
**Author:** ![Von](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/6bbea6/32.png) [@Von](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Von)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 8:21pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/new-mac-help-please/25121/4 "2019-02-08T20:21:43Z")
I have a time capsule backing up the other Mac, however as I have some corrupted files on it, until I figure out which files are corrupted. I’m not backing up the new Mac to it. My "old Mac is also connected to the same icloud account as the new one, therefore I assumed that it would be no problem DL RW with all its files to the new Mac via icloud. However, and for reasons that are beyond me, the icloud only DL my older version of RW (7), and not RW 8 which I just got, and no files (themes, etc) But I think I that I have solved the problem now. Thanks for the help! ---
**Author:** ![Von](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/6bbea6/32.png) [@Von](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Von)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 8:22pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/new-mac-help-please/25121/5 "2019-02-08T20:22:41Z")
Thank you, but I cannot use Time Machine now. ---
**Author:** ![1611mac](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/1611mac/32/5675_2.png) [@1611mac](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/1611mac)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 8:34pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/new-mac-help-please/25121/6 "2019-02-08T20:34:58Z")
Apple provides “Migration Assistant” to move all your apps and files to a new Mac. Find it in your Utilities folder. (Assuming you still have your “old” Mac.) ---
**Author:** ![Von](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/6bbea6/32.png) [@Von](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Von)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 8:44pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/new-mac-help-please/25121/7 "2019-02-08T20:44:39Z")
Yes, I have both Mac’s and I did tried “Migration Assistant” but it was the same as with the icloud, no idea why? So I copy the files and used airdrop instead, which seems to have work. Thanks for the help! ---
**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:** [February 10, 2019, 3:29am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/new-mac-help-please/25121/8 "2019-02-10T03:29:09Z")
Now that you’re digging through the addons folder anyway, it’s a good time to uninstall the things you aren’t using and make sure you’re up to date with the rest. ---
**Author:** ![Von](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/6bbea6/32.png) [@Von](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Von)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2019, 10:05am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/new-mac-help-please/25121/9 "2019-02-10T10:05:24Z")
Good advice! I have to admit that as I am installing a lot of other apps from scratch, I have not gone thru all the RW addons or themes, which I have many. However, the ones that I have checked are up to date. Thanks for the help! ---
**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:** [March 12, 2019, 8:05pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/new-mac-help-please/25121/10 "2019-03-12T20:05:34Z")
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