We’ve just released RapidWeaver Classic 9.6.6, a small but important update focused on stability and publishing reliability. This version smooths out a few lingering issues reported by users and ensures Classic continues to run smoothly.
What’s New in RapidWeaver Classic 9.6.6?
Fix last remaining concurrent publishing issues.
Download Classic
You can download the latest version of RapidWeaver Classic, or if you already have Classic installed, simply launch the app and choose RapidWeaver Classic → Check for Updates… from the menu to update automatically.
A Look Toward the Future
We know many of you have built your workflow around RapidWeaver Classic, and we want to reassure you that we’re continuing to maintain and update it with important improvements, fixes, and optimisations to keep things running smoothly.
That said, as we pour more energy into building RapidWeaver Elements, we believe now’s a great time to start exploring what’s next.
Elements is the future of RapidWeaver; it’s a brand-new, modern website builder designed from the ground up. It’s faster, more flexible, and gives you complete control with a fully visual editing experience. You can buy your copy at elementsapp.io
We’ll continue to support both Classic and Elements, so you can move at your own pace.
I have updated to the latest version but unfortunately experienced a couple of crashes when publishing. When I reopened the publishing went smoothly. I did fill out the crash report. My operating system at the moment is 15.7.1 (24G231) ( Sequoia). Just looked at the app and it’s showing it as 9.2.1 however the “About” shows it as being 9.6.6
OMG What a clusterf I have been living. Classic won’t publish 9.4 in Sequoia, and didn’t want to upgrade because I figured I would go to Elements or Stacks.
I looked at Stacks. Total waste of time. (No wonder you abandoned that). It’ll be years before it’s ready.
If I subscribe to Elements, you need to give me access to Classic to publish. I tried reloading classic on my old Mac, and all I did was run into problems. I figured it was an Apple problem that broke the ability to publish in Classic, if I recall correctly.
But I have a few peeves here.
The software should be able to be loaded on at least two computers.
Charging me $50 to remove the elements badge is BS.
If I am going to pay for a subscription, then I need both the old and the new. You’re jerking customers around. I get that business is hard, but you have to be fair, too. Some people (like myself) are interested in this stuff and it’s fun, but it’s not a business tool. You should really only be charging month to month, like Provue does with Panorama. If you don’t use it, then you don’t pay anything. (You buy the months in advance as a credit).
Your links don’t work. I can’t downgrade, upgrade or get classic to work. So basically, you have pulled an Adobe. Nobody wants to do business with Adobe.
Not a peeve. Elements looks very good. I’ve watched a bunch of your videos and played with it some. Nice job. You should probably just put classic out there at no charge and stop supporting it beyond making sure it publishes. Apple is obviously going to break it eventually. Convert the fee to Elements instead and embrace your future product.
As it is, I have a little 1 page website with three accordians that I can’t publish no matter what I choose to do. All 4 of the main players in the universe (foundry, foundation, stacks, and realmac) have various incompetencies, that are amplifying my user errors. You are the only one with a functional product, and you are ruining with an absurd pricing structure.
You grew to the place you are by having a less expensive product, and by generating volume. You got a lot of grace from others and the universe of external plugins. Without them you never could have gotten to the point to make Elements. Follow Canva’s lead, not Adobe. You are a creative, I am a creative. We need to look out for each other. Have faith.
So basically, let everyone upgrade to 9.6.6, or, the smarter choice, combine a license fee for elements and classic, rather than trying to ding the same customer twice. You are shooting yourself in the foot and slowing your own success.
btw, Panorama costs at most $8 a month. You can run it on multiple computers, just not simultaneously. There are other occasional discounts, too. You are looking for a lot more, for no reason at all.
No hate. Just a situation that shouldn’t exist.
Software industry is a mess. Software as a service especially. I’m not a fan of it, but there are good and bad ways to do it.
I fully realize that Apple is the problem. There is a massive ecosystem out there, and Apple changes things and makes everyone jump through hoops to keep things running.
Of course, the great irony is that Apple no longer charges for OS Updates. But they don’t guarantee backwards compatibility, either, which is a reasonable expectation of the ecosystem.
RealMac has always done weird pricing. Part of being good at X involves not being as good at Y. Human enough. Just sharing my frustration because this should not be happening. Different versions (8, classic) of Rapidweaver and an entirely new product simultaneously. Different licensing, all doing the exact same task. For all the clever engineering that goes into code, it’s not too clever. Like building an expressway and having bottlenecks to get on and off to collect and pay a ticket. The modern world is as genius as it is dumb sometimes.
And the links are broken. I literally could not upgrade classic if I wanted to. It’s great that there is a fix in 9.6.6, but there is no way to actually get it.
Basically, get the update to RW classic. Then cancel the RW Classic subscription. Move your site to Elements and use the Elements subscription. Cancel that when you are happy with the Elements version you are using, it will continue to work.
