Hey Weavers,
We’re back with another build of RapidWeaver Classic, and this time it has a fresh new icon designed by our friends at Parakeet. I’m sure it’ll take a bit of getting used to for some of you, but we love it as it keeps the RapidWeaver colours, along with the iconic puzzle pieces and pencil!
Anyway, here’s what’s new in this build…
What’s New in Classic 10 Beta 4
- Added new Tahoe Liquid Glass app icon designed by Parakeet.
- Added native PHP build support for macOS 12 and later
- Fixed attachment display and interactions on macOS 27 for improved compatibility.
- Updated to PHP 8.4.27 and PHP 8.5.12.
- PHP build versions are now derived from the bundled filenames.
- Further fixes and improvements to keep things running smoothly under modern macOS!
RapidWeaver Classic 10 Updates so far…
- Classic now requires macOS 12 or later.
- Updated settings, preferences, and built-in plugins for current macOS versions, including macOS 27.
- Added an optional upload speed limit shared across all active remote publishing connections.
- Publishing connection tests now show DNS lookup and TCP connection times.
- Explicit FTPS is now labelled FTPES.
- Amazon S3 publishing now automatically uses the selected bucket’s region.
- Fixed a crash when multiple FTP connections were active.
- Preview export errors now appear on the affected document, avoiding a potential crash.
- Fixed a crash when dragging items in the project outline.
- Fixed a crash when clicking a site resource on macOS 27.
- Fixed a crash caused by folders inside Site Resources when activating a site.
- Clicking Cancel or pressing Escape when removing blog entries no longer deletes them.
- Added authenticated SMTP support to Contact Forms, including Elements Hosting. PHP
mail()remains the default. - Added built-in honeypot spam protection to Contact Forms.
- Fixed MIME formatting in Contact Form emails sent using PHP 8
mail(). - Clearing the SMTP port field no longer causes a crash. Empty ports default to 587.
- SMTP passwords remain saved in the original document but are omitted when a page is copied or duplicated.
- Photo Album thumbnails remain visible when an image cannot be read.
- Clearing numeric settings in Photo Album no longer causes a crash.
- Blog RSS feeds now satisfy W3C validation checks
- Plugin inspector tabs now appear correctly on macOS 13
- Fixed a photo album crash caused by clearing numeric fields
- Continued work on improving the codebase and fixes minor issues
- Fixed Classic Blog RSS to meet W3C validation and prevent podcast publishing crashes.
Pricing and Beta Availability
This is a free update for everyone with an active Classic licence. To get beta access, open the Preferences window, go to the Updates tab and enable the “Check for Beta updates” option.
Ongoing Support for Classic
We know many of you have built your workflow around RapidWeaver Classic, and we want to reassure you: Classic isn’t going anywhere. We’re continuing to maintain and update it with important improvements, fixes, and optimisations to keep things running smoothly.
If you’re license has expired, you can purchase another year of updates over on the Realmac web store.
Give us your Feedback
As this is a beta please let us know if you run into any issues, or if there are any other long-standing issues you’d like to see fixed and we’ll do out best to get them into the next beta.
Happy Weaving!