# Operating systems supported by Rapid2Weaver

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/operating-systems-supported-by-rapid2weaver/41605>\
**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [December 2, 2021, 2:04am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/operating-systems-supported-by-rapid2weaver/41605 "2021-12-02T02:04:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![emrcweb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dc4da7/32.png) [@emrcweb1](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/emrcweb1)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 2:04am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/operating-systems-supported-by-rapid2weaver/41605/1 "2021-12-02T02:04:36Z")

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I have an older Mac running 10.68. Now I discovered that I cannot open the file to work on my site. Is there older versions available for download? I am not sure how more advanced an OS my laptop can run. I have sent multiple emails to Rapid Weaver asking for help, and I have not had one response back.  
Where can I find out what I can do to access my website made with Rapid Weaver.

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**Author:** ![DLH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@DLH](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/DLH)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 2:23am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/operating-systems-supported-by-rapid2weaver/41605/2 "2021-12-02T02:23:27Z")

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You can download nearly every previous version of RapidWeaver from their release notes page.

> **[RapidWeaver Release Notes](https://www.realmacsoftware.com/rapidweaver/releasenotes/)**
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> RapidWeaver release notes, including links to download every version of RapidWeaver since 2004.

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**Author:** ![Panans](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/panans/32/22695_2.png) [@Panans](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Panans)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 9:18am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/operating-systems-supported-by-rapid2weaver/41605/3 "2021-12-02T09:18:02Z")

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Hi Michael,

I’m still running OS 10.13.6 which is even older than yours. All of my RW projects are running as smoothly as ever. I have all of the latest versions of the different stacks I use, my RW version is 8.9.3.  
It may be you have something different going on. Did you update RW and the stacks you are running?

Hans

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**Author:** ![DLH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@DLH](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/DLH)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 1:21pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/operating-systems-supported-by-rapid2weaver/41605/4 "2021-12-02T13:21:08Z")

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He mentioned running 10.6.8 (aka Snow Leopard), which is considerably older.

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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:** [December 2, 2021, 1:37pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/operating-systems-supported-by-rapid2weaver/41605/5 "2021-12-02T13:37:26Z")

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> [@Does anyone know if Rapidweaver 6 works well in the latest Mac OS?](http://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/does-anyone-know-if-rapidweaver-6-works-well-in-the-latest-mac-os/41601/2):
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> System Compatibility Notes If you’re running an older system you can download previous versions of RapidWeaver below. [RapidWeaver 8.9](https://github.com/realmacsoftware/RapidWeaver8-releases/releases/download/8.9.0-(20879)/RapidWeaver8.zip) Universal build, runs natively on Apple Silicon. [RapidWeaver 8.7](https://github.com/realmacsoftware/RapidWeaver8-releases/releases/download/8.7-(20860)/RapidWeaver8.zip) requires macOS 10.12 or newer. Adds official support for macOS Big Sur. [RapidWeaver 7.5](https://dl.devmate.com/com.realmacsoftware.rapidweaver/RapidWeaver.zip) requires OS X 10.11 or newer. [RapidWeaver 6.4](https://dl.devmate.com/com.realmacsoftware.rapidweaver6/15176/1458573922/RapidWeaver6-15176.zip) requires OS X 10.9 “Mavericks” or newer. [RapidWeaver 5.4.1](https://www.realmacsoftware.com/downloads/rapidweaver/rapidweaver-541.zip) requires OS X 10.6 “Snow Leopard” or newer. [RapidWeaver 4.4.2](https://www.realmacsoftware/downloads/rapidweaver/rapidweaver_442.zip) requires 10.5 or newer. All versions are av…

You can see that Snow Leopard looks like it’s an RW5 era OS.

You mentioned you are unable to open your project. What version of RapidWeaver are you using and what happens when you try and open it.

Have you tried to restore a backup copy of your project?

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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:** [January 1, 2022, 11:37pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/operating-systems-supported-by-rapid2weaver/41605/6 "2022-01-01T23:37:37Z")

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