# RW7 → RW8 🤩 How to transfer project file? 🤔 **URL:** \ **Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\ **Created:** [January 9, 2019, 1:42pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw7-rw8-how-to-transfer-project-file/24436 "2019-01-09T13:42:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Adri12](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/adri12/32/13118_2.png) [@Adri12](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Adri12)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 1:42pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw7-rw8-how-to-transfer-project-file/24436/1 "2019-01-09T13:42:46Z")
Hello everyone, I just upgraded to RW8 🥳 How can I transfer my project from RW7 to the new and shiny RW8? 🙂 ---
**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:** [January 9, 2019, 2:29pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw7-rw8-how-to-transfer-project-file/24436/2 "2019-01-09T14:29:25Z")
You could double click on the project file or drag and drop it on the RW 8 icon. Do not worry about losing your RW 7 project file, RW 8 will create a new version that only works with RW 8, so you will still be able to use your old one if something happens to it in the conversion (nothing should, but it is a good back up system). Yes, you can run both RW 7 and RW 8 on the same machine. ---
**Author:** ![Adri12](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/adri12/32/13118_2.png) [@Adri12](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Adri12)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw7-rw8-how-to-transfer-project-file/24436/3 "2019-01-09T14:58:24Z")
Hello Robert, Thanks for your reply. > [@zeebe](#): > > You could double click on the project file or drag and drop it on the RW 8 icon. Where do I have the option to do that? I tried it from there (see picture), but it doesn’t let me click/drag the Adriano’s website Project to RW8 ![22](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/2X/7/7eb3038b96ae472563821a9659017227e0532686.jpeg) Thanks for your assistance 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![teefers](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/teefers/32/8173_2.png) [@teefers](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/teefers)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw7-rw8-how-to-transfer-project-file/24436/4 "2019-01-09T15:20:44Z")
You need to find the project files with finder. If you don’t know where they are try searching for file extensions .rw7 ---
**Author:** ![Adri12](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/adri12/32/13118_2.png) [@Adri12](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Adri12)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw7-rw8-how-to-transfer-project-file/24436/5 "2019-01-09T16:07:37Z")
Thank you Doug !. All done 🙂 🥳 ---
**Author:** ![Bender](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Bender](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Bender)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw7-rw8-how-to-transfer-project-file/24436/6 "2019-01-22T11:22:19Z")
Hey guys! I have two RW7 projects that I double clicked and opened/saved in RW8 format. Worked, but both projects are now very slow, choppy and lagging to work with… Any ideas why? Activity Monitor on my iMac shows up to 80% CPU usage when scrolling through the project This happens only in edit mode, preview mode is nice and smooth Thanks & cheers! ---
**Author:** ![teefers](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/teefers/32/8173_2.png) [@teefers](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/teefers)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw7-rw8-how-to-transfer-project-file/24436/7 "2019-01-22T13:16:52Z")
I’m unaware of any one thing that would cause the issue. I don’t know of any others reporting a problem like this specific to RW8. - Does this happen when creating a new project? - Does the samething happen with these projects in RW7? - Does this happen on every single page? Without more details like how large the project is, what kinds of plugins are being used, and what other resources might be effecting performance, it’s going to be difficult to get help. ---
**Author:** ![Bender](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Bender](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Bender)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 3:50pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw7-rw8-how-to-transfer-project-file/24436/8 "2019-01-23T15:50:39Z")
Hi Doug, thank you for your reply! I was trying a ton of things and found out that when unpacking the pages partials, everything works better, but still not fully normal. when editing a partial, everything works on full speed I also checked the points you mentioned: - the site is build with foundry throughout - project size is 17,3 MB - creating a new project seems fine (I jus added some random content of stacks, pix, etc) - deleting everything inside the project and start with a new page seems fine, too - I don’t have RW7 on my new iMac, so I don’t know how it behaves, though on my old iMac the project works fine in RW7 - I imported the working RW7 from my old iMac again and opened it in RW8.1, same results - lagging and choppy - effect is noticeable on every single page in the project - all stacks are up to date Maybe this will help to find the problem? Thanks & cheers, Markus ---
**Author:** ![teefers](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/teefers/32/8173_2.png) [@teefers](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/teefers)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 4:17pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw7-rw8-how-to-transfer-project-file/24436/9 "2019-01-23T16:17:31Z")
So it definitely is project specific, I would suggest a process of elimination. @isaiah out lines a quick way to go through a stacks page and find the culprit on this post: > [@How do I delete a partial? And two more questions](http://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/how-do-i-delete-a-partial-and-two-more-questions/2166/6): > > a partial can only come back if it is saved. and the only way to save a partial is to use it. this means that if it comes back after a relaunch, that it must be in use somewhere in the document. if you cannot locate it i’d recommend a divide and conquer approach: make a copy of you document. then on the copy, delete half the pages. and relaunch. if the partial comes back again then you know it was s used in the remaining pages. if the partial is gone then you know it was in the deleted gro… ---
**Author:** ![Bender](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Bender](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Bender)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2019, 12:59pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw7-rw8-how-to-transfer-project-file/24436/10 "2019-01-24T12:59:48Z")
Thanks for your help, will try that! Cheers, Markus ---
**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:** [February 23, 2019, 10:59pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/rw7-rw8-how-to-transfer-project-file/24436/11 "2019-02-23T22:59:52Z")
This topic was automatically closed 30 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.