# Word of warning **URL:** \ **Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\ **Created:** [June 27, 2016, 7:55am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/word-of-warning/8175 "2016-06-27T07:55:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PaulRussam](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/paulrussam/32/198_2.png) [@PaulRussam](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/PaulRussam)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 7:55am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/word-of-warning/8175/1 "2016-06-27T07:55:29Z")
Senario: - You have a project created in RW6 called ‘Fred’ (its actually called Fred.rw6 but OSX is hiding the extention) - You open it in RW7 and a copy is made in the same folder called ‘Fred’ (really Fred.rw) - You spend 4 hours editing the project, saving regularly. - You close RW7 and go do something else. - Later you return, double click on ‘Fred’ to do some more work but … - You double clicked on the old RW6 Fred … RW7 opens and promptly overwrites all your previous work with a fresh Fred.rw **_Edit: I and others have not been able to recreate this problem, we have consistently received a correct warning dialog that prevented the creation of the RW7 project_** This is where I am right now. As its been more than an hour I have a TimeMachine backup to be able to restore but had I been away from home or without a 1 hour backup cycle then I’d have been screwed. **_Edit: Take this a a bit of a eye opener, once you’ve/RW7 have created the new project put the old RW6 project somewhere safe._** ---
**Author:** ![apfelpuree](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/apfelpuree/32/21925_2.png) [@apfelpuree](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/apfelpuree)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 9:14am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/word-of-warning/8175/2 "2016-06-27T09:14:45Z")
I tested this, but I get a warning message ![](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/2X/2/2cfadd9f35002c7e7c92a25cba0bc190fba23368.png) ---
**Author:** ![PaulRussam](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/paulrussam/32/198_2.png) [@PaulRussam](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/PaulRussam)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 9:25am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/word-of-warning/8175/3 "2016-06-27T09:25:43Z")
Intresting… I never saw that (I think) but in my case the revised .rw project was overwritten by the converted .rw6 so even though I may have missed the dialog the copy action was performed. I’ll do a little testing when I get the chance later on. ---
**Author:** ![instacks](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/instacks/32/23339_2.png) [@instacks](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/instacks)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 9:36am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/word-of-warning/8175/4 "2016-06-27T09:36:03Z")
I am getting the same warning as @apfelpuree. ---
**Author:** ![ashleykaryl](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/ashleykaryl/32/4202_2.png) [@ashleykaryl](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/ashleykaryl)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 10:12am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/word-of-warning/8175/5 "2016-06-27T10:12:13Z")
Just as a precaution I think I’ll compress old RW6 projects as zip files so the only ones I see are RW7. I also made a point previously of naming them appropriately. ![](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/2X/3/3da71132d1d9c6ee9f85d151d9cbc83b72610eb0.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![peterdanckwerts](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/peterdanckwerts/32/22443_2.png) [@peterdanckwerts](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/peterdanckwerts)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 10:33am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/word-of-warning/8175/6 "2016-06-27T10:33:09Z")
Cripes! That could be serious. Hasn’t happened to me, though. ---
**Author:** ![PaulRussam](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/paulrussam/32/198_2.png) [@PaulRussam](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/PaulRussam)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 11:26am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/word-of-warning/8175/7 "2016-06-27T11:26:27Z")
I’ve just tried several times with a couple of different projects and I COULD NOT make my original problem recur, I got the same dialog @apfelpuree posted above but… I did originally have it happen so I’m a little confused. What I’ll do is take it as a warning that I should be a little less blasé with my projects and institute an archiving of the original RW6 AS SOON AS I create the RW7 one. I’ll edit the original post to make it less ‘absolute’ in its wording.