Newb: ON1 Effects 2025 crash

I’m hoping someone here can shed some light on this…

My environment: Mac Mini M4 Pro, 48GB RAM. OS Sequoia. Photoshop 2026 fresh install.

I’m trying to install ON1 Effects 2025 but when I invoke it from the filter menu the ON1 environment launches only partially, mostly shades of dark grey. Then a progress window briefly shows up, above it it says “Downloading assets” and below it it says it’s updating something I think. Then the whole ON1 window crashes. PS seems unaffected.

The ON1 log says:

2026-09-26 18:48:05 ON1 - PANIC: ONCoreStackNode::removeNode("bundle_details")
2026-09-26 18:48:05 ON1 - 
********** Begin Stack Dump - bundle_details
0   ONCore17                            0x000000010a0c0750 ONProcessDumpStack + 60
1   ONQtCore                            0x000000010e5fb880 _ZN15ONCoreStackNode10removeNodeEPS_ + 208
2   ONQtCore                            0x000000010e61c294 _ZN16ONCoreStackGroup10removeNodeEP15ONCoreStackNode + 84
3   ONQtCore                            0x000000010e6a5808 _ZN15PCStackDocCtrlr33removeUnsupportedBundlesFromGroupEP16ONCoreStackGroup + 240
4   ONQtCore                            0x000000010e6a55ac _ZN15PCStackDocCtrlr24removeUnsupportedBundlesEP12PCStackCtrlr + 32
5   ONQtCore                            0x000000010e6a5980 _ZN15PCStackDocCtrlr15migrateSettingsEP12PCStackCtrlr + 168
6   ONQtCore                            0x000000010e6a62b8 _ZN15PCStackDocCtrlr8addLayerERK7QStringP12PCStackCtrlr + 88
7   ONQtCore                            0x000000010e6a66fc _ZN15PCStackDocCtrlr16loadArchivePartsEPK8__CFData18PCStackArchivePart + 780
8   ON1 Effects                         0x0000000103021a70 _ZN17PLPresetProcessor14createDocCtrlrEP15ONNDApplyParams7_ONRectRP15PCStackDocCtrlrRb + 184
9   ON1 Effects                         0x0000000103021d80 _ZN17PLPresetProcessor22createRenderImageImageEP15ONNDApplyParamsRP11ONCoreImageRb + 192
10  ON1 Effects                         0x0000000103022760 _ZN17PLPresetProcessor17createRenderImageEP15ONNDApplyParamsRP11ONCoreImageRb + 200
11  ON1 Effects                         0x0000000103022d9c _ZN17PLPresetProcessor9applyImplEP15ONNDApplyParamsRP9__ONImage + 208
12  ON1 Effects                         0x000000010302304c _ZN17PLPresetProcessor5applyEP15ONNDApplyParamsRP9__ONImage + 12
13  ONQtCore                            0x000000010e541fb0 _ZN11ONNDService9applySyncEP15ONNDApplyParamsRP9__ONImage + 124
14  ONQtCore                            0x000000010e52fa9c _ZN20ONPreviewSvcRunnable11applyPresetERP7__ONDocRK7_ONRect + 932
15  ONQtCore                            0x000000010e52ad8c _ZN20ONPreviewSvcRunnable4loadEv + 1136
********** End Stack Dump

2026-09-26 18:48:15 ON1* - QOpenGLContext::makeCurrent() called with non-opengl surface 0x60000347c790
2026-09-26 18:48:15 ON1* - QRhiGles2: Failed to make context current. Expect bad things to happen.
2026-09-26 18:48:15 ON1* - QOpenGLContext::makeCurrent() called with non-opengl surface 0x60000347c790
2026-09-26 18:48:15 ON1* - QRhiGles2: Failed to make context current. Expect bad things to happen.
2026-09-26 18:48:15 ON1* - QOpenGLContext::makeCurrent() called with non-opengl surface 0x60000347c790
2026-09-26 18:48:15 ON1* - QRhiGles2: Failed to make context current. Expect bad things to happen.
2026-09-26 18:48:15 ON1* - QOpenGLContext::makeCurrent() called with non-opengl surface 0x60000347c790
2026-09-26 18:48:15 ON1* - QRhiGles2: Failed to make context current. Expect bad things to happen.
2026-09-26 18:48:15 ON1* - QOpenGLContext::makeCurrent() called with non-opengl surface 0x60000347c790
2026-09-26 18:48:15 ON1* - QRhiGles2: Failed to make context current. Expect bad things to happen.
2026-09-26 18:48:15 ON1* - QOpenGLContext::makeCurrent() called with non-opengl surface 0x60000347c790
2026-09-26 18:48:15 ON1* - QRhiGles2: Failed to make context current. Expect bad things to happen.
2026-09-26 18:48:16 ON1* - QOpenGLContext::makeCurrent() called with non-opengl surface 0x60000347c790
2026-09-26 18:48:16 ON1* - QRhiGles2: Failed to make context current. Expect bad things to happen.
2026-09-26 18:48:16 ON1* - QOpenGLContext::makeCurrent() called with non-opengl surface 0x60000347c790
2026-09-26 18:48:16 ON1* - QRhiGles2: Failed to make context current. Expect bad things to happen.
2026-09-26 18:48:20 ON1* - QOpenGLContext::makeCurrent() called with non-opengl surface 0x60000347c790
2026-09-26 18:48:20 ON1* - QRhiGles2: Failed to make context current. Expect bad things to happen.

I’ve tried turning off “Use graphics processor” in PS. ON1 still crashes.

Can anyone think of a solution?

ON1 Effects runs as expected in “Standalone” mode, weirdly. It’s when invoked from PS that it crashes.