Anyone using the PhotoLab database without sidecar .dop and .xmp files is playing Russian roulette. With five cartridges out of six chambers, not one.
Keywords and metadata are supposed to be stored in the sidecar .xmp. I’m worried a bit about .dop files being converted to PhotoLab 5 unintentionally. I’ll be stuck using both PhotoLab 4 and PhotoLab 5 for at least a year as most of my computers are on Mojave.
Keen to hear some more detailed sitreps from you, Bryan @BHAYT. Thanks for sharing what you’ve found so far.