# RW5 crashing on macOS High Sierra

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw5-crashing-on-macos-high-sierra/18877>\
**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [February 27, 2018, 12:53am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw5-crashing-on-macos-high-sierra/18877 "2018-02-27T00:53:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![edalzell](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/edalzell/32/10012_2.png) [@edalzell](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/edalzell)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 12:53am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw5-crashing-on-macos-high-sierra/18877/1 "2018-02-27T00:53:58Z")

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Trying to help my father-in-law and he has a RW4 project.

RW5 can open it fine but I’m trying to save it (I am on macOS High Sierra) and RW5.4.1 crashes every time.

Suggestions?

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**Author:** ![LaPan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/lapan/32/92_2.png) [@LaPan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/LaPan)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 12:55am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw5-crashing-on-macos-high-sierra/18877/2 "2018-02-27T00:55:19Z")

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RapidWeaver 7.5.5 is required to run on High Sierra.

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**Author:** ![edalzell](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/edalzell/32/10012_2.png) [@edalzell](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/edalzell)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 3:34am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw5-crashing-on-macos-high-sierra/18877/3 "2018-02-27T03:34:32Z")

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so how can I upgrade this project?

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**Author:** ![zeebe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/zeebe/32/22007_2.png) [@zeebe](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/zeebe)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 3:36am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw5-crashing-on-macos-high-sierra/18877/4 "2018-02-27T03:36:00Z")

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Have you tried dragging and dropping it onto the RapidWeaver 7? See if it opens? I have opened RW 4 and 5 files with RW 7 on the first try. Not saying it will always work, but it has happened for me before.

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**Author:** ![edalzell](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/edalzell/32/10012_2.png) [@edalzell](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/edalzell)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 3:39am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw5-crashing-on-macos-high-sierra/18877/5 "2018-02-27T03:39:47Z")

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It opened but it did not update properly. So…better???

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**Author:** ![edalzell](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/edalzell/32/10012_2.png) [@edalzell](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/edalzell)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 3:47am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw5-crashing-on-macos-high-sierra/18877/6 "2018-02-27T03:47:27Z")

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This what I should see:

 ![45%20PM](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/2X/5/59d6195736d68b7b65c757cdd17577b2175aca37.png)

This is what I see in RW7:

 ![47%20PM](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/2X/7/7904f46cf0e2331943cd992707f4d871feee33f0.png)

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**Author:** ![LaPan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/lapan/32/92_2.png) [@LaPan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/LaPan)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 4:04am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw5-crashing-on-macos-high-sierra/18877/7 "2018-02-27T04:04:16Z")

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[https://realmacsoftware.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/36000001229-upgrading-sites-to-rapidweaver-7](https://realmacsoftware.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/36000001229-upgrading-sites-to-rapidweaver-7)

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**Author:** ![edalzell](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/edalzell/32/10012_2.png) [@edalzell](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/edalzell)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 4:46am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw5-crashing-on-macos-high-sierra/18877/8 "2018-02-27T04:46:19Z")

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Yes, but this requires I can save my RW4 project in RW5, which, as I said, I can’t. It crashes.

Other suggestions?

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**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/system/32/25301_2.png) [@system](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 4:55am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw5-crashing-on-macos-high-sierra/18877/9 "2018-03-05T04:55:37Z")

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