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Q: Can iWeb still be accessed from a new MacBook Pro that does not have iWeb installed on it?

I have continued to keep 2 iWeb sites up and running for several years now without any problems. My original MacBook Pro recently died which was the one that had iWeb on it.  My other MacBook Pro (late 2011) is still working but does not have iWeb installed.  Can I still access my websites to male changes/updates to them?  I understand that it's probably time to rebuild those sites elsewhere but would like to keep them current until that can be accomplished.  Thanks for any info.

MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2011), OS X Yosemite (10.10.5), null

Posted on Jan 10, 2016 4:37 PM

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Q: Can iWeb still be accessed from a new MacBook Pro that does not have iWeb installed on it?

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  • by Niel,Helpful

    Niel Niel Jan 11, 2016 8:51 AM in response to solutions5
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    Jan 11, 2016 8:51 AM in response to solutions5

    If you have a disk you can use to install iWeb on the newer MacBook Pro, yes.

    If not and you have the files created by iWeb, yes, but you’ll need to edit and upload them manually or with another product.

    If you don’t have a copy of the files, no.

     

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  • by Ethmoid,Helpful

    Ethmoid Ethmoid Jan 11, 2016 8:52 AM in response to solutions5
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    Jan 11, 2016 8:52 AM in response to solutions5

    The short answer is NO, unless you have iWeb installed on that Mac and you also have your domain.sites files, which are your iWeb files that are found under your User Library/Application Support/iWeb/domain.sites.

     

    You can install iWeb on that Mac by using the install disc for your old MacBookPro if you have it and loading iWeb onto it.  You also need to have your iWeb data files where iWeb saved all work, which are your domain.sites files as described above.

     

    Unless you have both of these on your current Mac, then there is nothing you can do to edit the sites with iWeb - you need to have iWeb installed and also your domain.sites files to be able to do anything in iWeb.

     

    You can however download the html files from your sever and you can make alterations directly to the html, by using an html editor such as TextWrangler, but not using iWeb, as iWeb has no import facility, so cannot open html files.

     

    Either that or you can use another programme to edit the site, but it has to be one that has an import facility, such as DreamWeaver or Flux V.  Both of these can import html.

     

    Other than that, you will need to start re-building your sites in another app that is supported, so I would suggest that you take a look at something like EverWeb or Freeway Pro/Express and others that are current applications.

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    solutions5 solutions5 Jan 11, 2016 8:53 AM in response to Ethmoid
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    Jan 11, 2016 8:53 AM in response to Ethmoid

    Thank you. That's what I was afraid of.  Sounds a lot easier to just start over .

  • by John@ImageCraftChicago,

    John@ImageCraftChicago John@ImageCraftChicago Jun 24, 2016 2:09 PM in response to solutions5
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    Jun 24, 2016 2:09 PM in response to solutions5

    Just purchased a macbook pro (6/16). I was still using iWeb on an old iMac for a couple of simple sites. After using the migration assistant I was shocked to find it all came over and it works perfectly. I didn't have to do anything.

    Wish I could have kept Aperture (it's now useless). So much time and 10's of thousands of photos invested. Migrating to 'Photos' now but not happy about it.