# Unable to save a file **URL:** \ **Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\ **Created:** [July 1, 2016, 2:14am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/unable-to-save-a-file/8282 "2016-07-01T02:14:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![mdlong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8edcca/32.png) [@mdlong](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/mdlong)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 11:12pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/unable-to-save-a-file/8282/8 "2016-07-01T23:12:34Z")
I wrote about my own experience with a similar file saving problem as a reply to another post (link below): > [@Continual "Document Could Not Be Saved" in RW7 Publish to local folder also doesn't work](http://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/continual-document-could-not-be-saved-in-rw7-publish-to-local-folder-also-doesnt-work/7908/9): > > Hi Jody, Well I haven’t upgraded to RW 7 yet, but I have had ongoing issues with being unable to save projects in RW 6. After a lot of troubleshooting using the same project file on two different Macs (one crashed upon saving quite often, the other never), I found out one useful piece of information that solved the problem for me… Initially RW used to crash once in a while upon saving, but it would then be fine after a restart. However, it then started happening more and more often, until one … I am sure that there are multiple scenarios in which file saving seems to fall over in RW, but at least I was able to find a predictable workaround for my own specific case that allowed me to get on with work. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/unable-to-save-a-file/8282)._