# Rapid weaver Version 8.1 (20579)

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**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [January 23, 2019, 5:03pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rapid-weaver-version-8-1-20579/24708 "2019-01-23T17:03:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 24, 2019, 10:19am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rapid-weaver-version-8-1-20579/24708/21 "2019-01-24T10:19:22Z")

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I always follow this procedure when updating to a new version of RW

- Rename my existing RW app, say Rapidweaver 80
- Download the full new RW zip file
- Unzip and rename the app, say Rapidweaver 81
- Drag the app file to my applications folder
- Create a new folder for each of my RW projects
- Copy the existing version RW project and move the copy to the new folder
- Rename the project e.g. Project 81.rw8
- Only use the duplicate project file with the new version of RW

If the new version doesn’t play nice, then I just use the previous version with the previous version project file.

I NEVER just choose ‘upgrade RW’ and I ALWAYS make sure I am using a duplicate version of the project file with the new version of RW.

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