I have several problems with DxO PhotoLab 9 that are making using it an uncomfortable experience.
This is to be expected if you have read the release notes. Noise reduction and sharpening are now applied to the whole image, even at low zoom levels.
Have you tried the âRefreshâ option when right-clicking on the parent (existing) folder? (Not sure if that works the same on a Mac as on PC).
It takes a long time for the PhotoLibrary to show the results of edits when viewing a folder not opened in a while
Yeah, that isnât Mac specific. PL9 is sluggish for a lot of us, especially when lots of masking is introduced as well. PL also likes to render a new preview whenever an image is accessed (even if you click off it to another image, then straight back again.) It doesnât seem to ârememberâ between these two steps, annoyingly.
There is no Refresh on a Mac, does opening and closing the parent dropdown have any effect ?
Hello.
Are your photos stored locally or on a network volume or cloud synced folder?
Is it not possible to moderate the rendering process via Preferences on Mac (like we can on the Win version) ?
We have the option to show, or not show the full preview.
Iâve dropped using the fav. section. It has limited features that donât suit my needs.
As for performance: The new features gobble up tons of resources. If you stick to older features, PL9 runs nicelyâŠbut then, why upgrade?
It is incredible to me as to what people accept without a fight from DxO products. I bet you there isnât another photo-editing program out there that has a statement like that in the release notes
Iâve tried opening/closing different nearby folders, different parent folders, but no luck. This wasnât occurring in PL8.
My images are stored locally.
There should be an option to disable the new behavior.
To be honest all this has put me off from upgrading from 8 to 9 , was interested in the new masking feature , but version 8 does everything else that I need
I am also on an older machine anyway an MacBookPro M1Pro, 32gb RAM
When there was no high quality preview the nag was constant.
Now there is a high quality preview and we still have nagging. 
So an option for nag control would be beneficial for all I believe. 
Yes, and courses start at 10 times a PhotoLab license. You can also start here:
the four kanji on the tsukubai share a common part which is the square around the water.
Yes it is - But I asked for a Nag control check box - specifically 
There is a menu entry and a keyboard shortcut for that. On Mac, itâs command-Q.
Sure theyâre there, but turning them on shouldnât cause a problem. And I noticed this only after I installed the first update after I upgraded to PL9. I will try downgrading to the initial version of PL9 to see if things improve.
