Installing and Activating RapidWeaver

Learn how to download, install, and activate RapidWeaver

Here we will cover how to download, install, and activate RapidWeaver on your Mac.

Let’s get started.

Step 1

After purchasing RapidWeaver, you will have received a download link which you will use to download the app. When clicking the download link, RapidWeaver will be downloaded to your Downloads folder on your Mac (or a custom folder if you have set a custom folder for your downloads).

In this tutorial we will assume you have left your Downloads folder as the default. Double-click on the RapidWeaver.zip file in order to extract the app.

Downloading RapidWeaver Classic

Double-click the .zip file to extract RapidWeaver

Step 2

Move (drag and drop) the RapidWeaver app to your Applications folder.

Move RapidWeaver to your Applications folder

Step 3

RapidWeaver should now be located in your Applications folder. Go ahead and open it.

If you have prior versions of RapidWeaver installed on your Mac, you will see those in your Application folder as well. No worries, RapidWeaver can happily coexist with your previous versions! In the below screenshot you will see we have our previous version RapidWeaver 8 installed on our Mac as well.

Open RapidWeaver Classic

Step 4

When opening RapidWeaver for the first time, you will be greeted with a registration window. Click on the “Activate License…” button in order to activate the app.

If you haven't purchaesd a RapidWeaver license yet and would like to demo the app, click on the "Use Demo" button instead. In Demo Mode, you can add up to three pages to your project. This will allow you to play around with and test RapidWeaver's page types, themes, settings, and features without purchasing a license.

Activating your RapidWeaver license

Step 5

Enter the email address you used when purchasing the app, along with the license key you received after your purchase. Then, click the “Activate” button.

Activating your RapidWeaver license

Nice work!

Your copy of RapidWeaver should now be activated, and you can start building your very first amazing website!

After activating your license, you can view the devices your RapidWeaver license is activated on by clicking the “Activations” button in the bottom left of the registration window. From the drop-down menu you can deactivate your license on any of your devices if you need to, for example if you need to change Macs and use your license code on your new Mac.

View the devices your RapidWeaver license is currently activated on