# RW suddenly starts saving in a weird way **URL:** \ **Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\ **Created:** [May 6, 2025, 1:04am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw-suddenly-starts-saving-in-a-weird-way/47408 "2025-05-06T01:04:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![anon96131905](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@anon96131905](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/anon96131905)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 1:04am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw-suddenly-starts-saving-in-a-weird-way/47408/1 "2025-05-06T01:04:41Z")
Hi, I just added some new content to my RW site. I did not add anything other than I always do… but suddenly RW starts behaving strange by auto saving files in a weird way… and it keeps on crashing,. Please refer to attached screenshot. Do I need to adjust some settings? ![RW-weirdos](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/6/f/6f9080ac097440311cda58178e60f21066f2a565.png) ![RW-weirdos2](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/9/4/94f9a0f4a9423e7ed342b66ee8a47c5c86f133cd.png) ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 9:49am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw-suddenly-starts-saving-in-a-weird-way/47408/2 "2025-05-06T09:49:51Z")
It looks like the Finder has gotten confused… Have you tried restarting your Mac? ---
**Author:** ![anon96131905](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@anon96131905](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/anon96131905)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 11:45am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw-suddenly-starts-saving-in-a-weird-way/47408/3 "2025-05-06T11:45:07Z")
I tried that….. It still keeps on saving new folders by itself….. Strange and inconvenient. ![](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/4/0/40c798bc179ce1d6fbc6a50ce87d939b69fb9db4.png) ---
**Author:** ![anon96131905](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@anon96131905](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/anon96131905)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw-suddenly-starts-saving-in-a-weird-way/47408/4 "2025-05-06T11:46:30Z")
I tried that….. It still keeps on saving new folders by itself….. Strange and inconvenient. ![Screen Shot 2025-05-06 at 18.40.56.png]() ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 11:52am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw-suddenly-starts-saving-in-a-weird-way/47408/5 "2025-05-06T11:52:42Z")
Can you try switching off auto save to see if that helps resolve the issue. ![CleanShot 2025-05-06 at 12 .52.15@2x](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/7/8/78f77cce8d21b5d9eb548d9f9e7b62e474c74f2a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![anon96131905](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@anon96131905](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/anon96131905)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw-suddenly-starts-saving-in-a-weird-way/47408/6 "2025-05-06T12:47:48Z")
It was already turned to NEVER ![](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/0/5/052b567c72b328d2086ed9a096c93409797cc431.png) ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw-suddenly-starts-saving-in-a-weird-way/47408/7 "2025-05-06T12:54:06Z")
Where exactly are you saving your projects? Is it on a cloud service, like iCloud or Dropbox? ---
**Author:** ![anon96131905](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@anon96131905](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/anon96131905)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw-suddenly-starts-saving-in-a-weird-way/47408/8 "2025-05-06T13:49:50Z")
No, I save them into a folder on my harddisk ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw-suddenly-starts-saving-in-a-weird-way/47408/9 "2025-05-06T14:24:19Z")
I’ve not seen this issue before; it sounds very strange. I’d recommend quitting RapidWeaver and moving your active projects to a new folder to work from there. You can then delete the folder containing all the random files. You might also want to try running First Aid on your disk using the Disk Utility app. Hopefully, this will resolve the issue for you. ---
**Author:** ![anon96131905](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@anon96131905](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/anon96131905)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 5:07pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw-suddenly-starts-saving-in-a-weird-way/47408/10 "2025-05-06T17:07:37Z")
I tried it all but it still does the same… Whenever I upload changes to the project it will create a new folder……. This drives me crazy ---
**Author:** ![anon96131905](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@anon96131905](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/anon96131905)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 5:26pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw-suddenly-starts-saving-in-a-weird-way/47408/11 "2025-05-06T17:26:35Z")
When I save the project into a folder, the same thing happens plus I get these strange folders and files Funny enough, this only happens with this project and this folder, not with any other….? ![](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/3/5/3508a890415e38993c8fbf5c623dde56b3467422.png) ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw-suddenly-starts-saving-in-a-weird-way/47408/12 "2025-05-06T20:49:51Z")
Have you tried opening it RapidWeaver and then doing a “Save As…” and saving it off as a new file? ---
**Author:** ![anon96131905](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@anon96131905](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/anon96131905)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw-suddenly-starts-saving-in-a-weird-way/47408/13 "2025-05-10T21:47:54Z")
After rebuilding all files, it works….. what a waste of time… Anyhow, RW still keeps on crashing every time I modify content. ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2025, 10:10am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw-suddenly-starts-saving-in-a-weird-way/47408/14 "2025-05-12T10:10:53Z")
Are you using the Stacks plugin by any chance? ---
**Author:** ![anon96131905](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@anon96131905](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/anon96131905)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw-suddenly-starts-saving-in-a-weird-way/47408/15 "2025-05-12T16:10:02Z")
Yes I do, in fact, most pages are made in Stacks ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw-suddenly-starts-saving-in-a-weird-way/47408/16 "2025-05-12T21:47:46Z")
This sounds like a Stacks bug. Are you using the latest version of Stacks? If you can share your project, I can take a quick look at it to see if I can figure out exactly what’s going on. I’d also suggest dropping an email to [support@yourhead.com](mailto:support@yourhead.com), as they may be aware of the issue. ---
**Author:** ![anon96131905](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@anon96131905](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/anon96131905)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 2:03am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw-suddenly-starts-saving-in-a-weird-way/47408/17 "2025-05-13T02:03:00Z")
I think I use the latest version of Stacks. Where can I find out about that? Where would you ike me the project file to? Do you need the full project or only the front page? I wait and see what you say before contacting your head Thanks a lot ---
**Author:** ![anon96131905](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@anon96131905](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/anon96131905)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 2:44am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw-suddenly-starts-saving-in-a-weird-way/47408/18 "2025-05-13T02:44:31Z")
Sorry, I think I was wrong in my earlier mail….. after updating Stacks again, I still get this message: ![](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/4/7/47c79b1c6fff95f8deb78c12622227577da24147.png) Btw, my smallest project file would be 73.8 MB. Shall I scale that down to the front page and send it by Email? Cheers ---
**Author:** ![anon96131905](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@anon96131905](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/anon96131905)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 3:34am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw-suddenly-starts-saving-in-a-weird-way/47408/19 "2025-05-13T03:34:09Z")
Hi Dan, It is going from bad to worse…… After receiving the message that I need to up-grade Stack, I did so to Stacks 5, paid the fee and got and Email with the details. However, after installing it, I now still can’t use Stack at all. Instead, I get these messages……. What can I do about this mess? The developer does not seem to be very happy about RW, judging from his message which popped up and which I attach herewith as pdf it sounds like is no more Stacks?. Hope you can help me sort out this to work or at least get the 29.95 USD back for a not working Stacks…. Thank you Cheers Hucky Attachments: (Attachment Stacks4Stacks & ThemeFlood have closed.pdf is missing) > **(attachments)** > > ![Screen Shot 2025-05-13 at 10.05.06.png](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/6/0/6076501d22ab252bfbc671f426ef2bcf5af6e898.png) > ![Screen Shot 2025-05-13 at 10.27.37.png](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/3X/c/7/c7d56f2a85cb8a96ed363543f897019b92de30a6.png) ---
**Author:** ![anon96131905](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@anon96131905](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/anon96131905)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 3:59am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw-suddenly-starts-saving-in-a-weird-way/47408/20 "2025-05-13T03:59:57Z")
Hi Dan, It is going from bad to worse…… After receiving the message that I need to up-grade Stack, I did so to Stacks 5, paid the fee and got and Email with the details. However, after installing it, I now still can’t use Stack at all. Instead, I get these messages……. What can I do about this mess? The developer does not seem to be very happy about RW, judging from his message which popped up and which I attach herewith as pdf it sounds like is no more Stacks?. Hope you can help me sort out this to work or at least get the 29.95 USD back for a not working Stacks…. Thank you Cheers Hucky Attachments: seems like the attachments have been rejected…? As reported by an Email [Next page](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw-suddenly-starts-saving-in-a-weird-way/47408.md?page=2)