Problems with DxO PhotoLab 9 (macOS)

[FrancisM (Francis Mariani)]

@FrancisM

Subfolders of images added to existing folders do not show up in the PhotoLibrary - I need to quit/reopen to be able to see them (when accessing them from the Favorites section of PhotoLibrary

This problem was solved by downgrading from DxO PhotoLab 9.1.1 to 9.0.0. I bet some of the other issues I have will be resolved with this downgrade.

[mwsilvers (Mark - New Jersey, USA)]

@Required

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.

Do you mean lag control rather than nag control?

Mark

[platypus (Canon & Mac)]

@FrancisM

It takes a long time for the PhotoLibrary to show the results of edits when viewing a folder not opened in a while

Confirmed:

• Under the same conditions PL9 took 30/37/40 seconds to render thumbnails in Library module with early/mid/late versions. Times increase with PhotoLab going from 2.34 GB to 3.04 GB for the app and 9.1.1 is clearly the slowest with an increase of 33% in relation to PL 9.0.0 and 9.0.1

@FrancisM

Subfolders of images added to existing folders do not show up in the PhotoLibrary - I need to quit/reopen to be able to see them (when accessing them from the Favorites section of PhotoLibrary

±Confirmed:

• Adding a folder updates the “FOLDERS” section, but “FAVORITES” stay put. Removing a folder updates both sections though.

@FrancisM

Correction Preview after making an edit is a lot slower than before

±Confirmed:

• Differences are about the same 33% slower for thumbnails
• I see no difference with 100% previews in Customize view though.

Tested on macOS Sonoma 14.8.1 on a 2019 5k iMac. PL was set to automatically import (but not export) sidecars. High quality and DeepPrime rendering both disabled. 60 Test images (1.3 GB on a separate volume of the internal SSD). Changes of customising were done with selecting different presets. DB and cache files were trashed before switching versions.

An increase of rendering times of about 33% is noticeable and could be called substantial, a reduction by 25% would be sold as a major breakthrough
I’m not using the better quality previews to have a better user experience and can live with those times for the moment. I can do without AI (autodetect) masking - and have to, because my Mac is below what DxO recommends as config for those advanced features. I use those of Lightroom Classic which works happily with my elderly gear.

With high quality previews and DeepPRIME rendering, differences will be greater I presume. No free lunch!

[Jon-S (Jon-Sverre Schanche)]

This does not work on my macbook pro m4. With a two finger klick a very different file manager type menu appears with no refresh option.

[Fineus]

Worth knowing for Mac owners - and somewhat annoying that functionality differs between systems!

I don’t often use the ‘refresh’ command, as I don’t often alter file structures while I’m editing, but it can be handy.