# RW 8.7 will no longer export after updating to Catalina (Mac)

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**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [February 19, 2021, 2:25am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw-8-7-will-no-longer-export-after-updating-to-catalina-mac/37594 "2021-02-19T02:25:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 1:23pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw-8-7-will-no-longer-export-after-updating-to-catalina-mac/37594/2 "2021-02-19T13:23:48Z")

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First off, sorry for the problem you’re having.

As for the image issue you posted here a few hours ago, and it’s not good to post multiple times about the same issue:

> [@Publishing using Catalina OS](http://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/publishing-using-catalina-os/37078/26):
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> I recently had to replace my harddrive, during which the service person upgraded my operating system to Catalina. When I opened my website file in Rapidweaver 8.7, most of the IMAGES would not display (the info about the images, links, etc., remained, but the images themselves cannot be seen. I honestly do NOT want to go back over several years’ worth of work to deal with this. I’ve downloaded the .zip website backup file, ,and am wondering if I can somehow reload that, and resave, and have the …

Now for the publishing/export problem, you’ll need to provide a _lot_ more information if you except folks to help you out.

- Name of the hosting company
- screenshot of the publishing settings in RapidWeaver
- screenshots of the error messages when if fails to export

The failure of the images could be related, you mentioned on the earlier post:

> ALSO: When I hit the “preview page” button, it tells me it cannot load the file to (blank path given)…

Perhaps a screenshot of the message would help. If RapidWeaver has problems previewing pages it wouldn’t be able to export the page.

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