# Rapid Weaver 6 - weird stuff going on

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**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [November 25, 2017, 10:27am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rapid-weaver-6-weird-stuff-going-on/17303 "2017-11-25T10:27:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![NigelThomas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bb73d2/32.png) [@NigelThomas](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/NigelThomas)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 10:27am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rapid-weaver-6-weird-stuff-going-on/17303/1 "2017-11-25T10:27:36Z")

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My RW6 (MacBook Air 2015, OSX 10.13.1) is increasingly going mad. A few months ago it repeatedly started doing multiple exports (sometime six) when going from edit to preview mode and now for no reason I can see is regularly forgetting the recent projects. Anybody seen this before or know a fix please? Have tried going back to early previously trouble free RW6 files and same thing happens to them.

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**Author:** ![NeilUK](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/neiluk/32/23434_2.png) [@NeilUK](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/NeilUK)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 10:39am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rapid-weaver-6-weird-stuff-going-on/17303/2 "2017-11-25T10:39:06Z")

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I’m not sure what the issue with RW6 is, but why don’t you upgrade to RW7? It’s 50% off for a short time. The discount is only applied after adding it to the cart. Upgrade for $24.50

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**Author:** ![Rovertek](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/rovertek/32/223_2.png) [@Rovertek](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Rovertek)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rapid-weaver-6-weird-stuff-going-on/17303/3 "2017-11-25T12:56:11Z")

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Hi, Nigel,

Do you, by any chance, use wireless keyboard and/or wireless touchpad? Sometimes, when they run out of juice (battery power), they cause some very weird and seemingly unexplainable problems. 🤨

I know this is a long shot, but it’s possible. The other day I watched my text disappear letter-by-letter when, by an accident, I barely touched my wireless touchpad during typing. I checked the power level and it was down to 13%. It could be coincidence, of course…

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**Author:** ![NigelThomas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bb73d2/32.png) [@NigelThomas](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/NigelThomas)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rapid-weaver-6-weird-stuff-going-on/17303/4 "2017-11-25T13:17:41Z")

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Many thanks NeilUk & Rovertek. Have taken NeilUk’s advice and the problems here vanished using current website file! Just to complete loop to confirm no wireless keyboard /touchpad is used here. Thanks again, Nigel

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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:** [November 25, 2017, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rapid-weaver-6-weird-stuff-going-on/17303/5 "2017-11-25T13:24:51Z")

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> [@NigelThomas](#):
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> OSX 10.13.1

I think that might be the issue, you’re running a fairly older version of RW(6) with the latest version of MacOS. If I understand the problem you’re having, it was with the preview function in RapidWeaver. There was issues with RW7 during the betas for OSX 10.13, that we’re resolved by a RW update if I remember.

I would recommend you take @NeilUK’s advice and upgrade to 7.

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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:** [December 1, 2017, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rapid-weaver-6-weird-stuff-going-on/17303/6 "2017-12-01T13:25:18Z")

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