# Preview inside RW does not work

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/preview-inside-rw-does-not-work/43299>\
**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [May 19, 2024, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/preview-inside-rw-does-not-work/43299 "2024-05-19T11:05:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![peter2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@peter2](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/peter2)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2024, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/preview-inside-rw-does-not-work/43299/1 "2024-05-19T11:05:52Z")

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Hello from Germany,  
this is Peter and I have a new problem with  
RW 9.2.1 on an  
iMac16,2, macOS Monterey Version 12.7.5 (21H1222)  
Prozessortype: Quad-Core Intel Core i7  
Prozessorspeed: 3,3 GHz  
Here’s the issue:  
Preview INSIDE Rapid Weaver does not appear, there’s only a white field.  
The Generating Preview wheel ist turning and turning…  
Finally RW freezes and the coloured Mac button is turning, too.  
I can only escape by cmd-alt-esc.  
Any suggestions to solve the issue would be great, thanks in advance & forgive wrong grammatics 😉  
Peter

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**Author:** ![pearson4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f8ce5/32.png) [@pearson4](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/pearson4)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2024, 12:33pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/preview-inside-rw-does-not-work/43299/2 "2024-05-19T12:33:55Z")

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Hi Peter,  
I’m no expert, but take a look at your Advanced Settings. There you can re-start the built in “web sever”. Make sure the box is checked to Automatically start the web server on opening the project.

Hope this helps.  
Pearson

 ![settings](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/f/2/f2dc6c7ec3693320b1d335630ea8c21f67bbec6a.png)

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**Author:** ![peter2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@peter2](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/peter2)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2024, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/preview-inside-rw-does-not-work/43299/3 "2024-05-19T12:48:06Z")

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Thank you for your quick reply, Pearson,  
yes, I checked the Automatically start button, but no improvement.  
But I see your default extension is ‘php’, mine is ‘html’  
Could this cause all the troubles?  
cheers  
Peter

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**Author:** ![pearson4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f8ce5/32.png) [@pearson4](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/pearson4)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/preview-inside-rw-does-not-work/43299/4 "2024-05-19T14:15:08Z")

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Peter, that should not make any difference as far as I know. However, my knowledge level is just enough to be dangerous.  
Best,  
Pearson

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**Author:** ![peter2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@peter2](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/peter2)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/preview-inside-rw-does-not-work/43299/5 "2024-05-19T15:09:20Z")

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Thank you, Pearson, for your time, answering my question,  
all the best  
Peter