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The plugins you see under 'Edit in' are not the plugins themselves, but presets to run the plugin with certain settings. I wonder if there was something else you did, but did not tell us, like change the 'Store presets with this catalog' setting. That would explain it. Writing to XMP does not have anything to do with this.
"The "Store Presets" box is ticked (I think I sent an earlier screenshot showing this)."
Perhaps, but I apparently missed that. And another member did ask about it, but I do not see a reply to the inquiry. At any rate things do get overlooked.
And that setting is apparently your problem. Here is a link on it"
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I was advised to tick the "Automatically write changes into XMP" box in Catalog Settings. It then took around 48 hours to sync my 35,000+ images. That was no problem. I then restarted LrC (as advised) and found that almost all of my plug-ins have disappeared....
I doubt if that has anything to do with your problems. But nice to see info about what actions were taken. Good practice.
My first reaction to something going this wrong, the messed up plugins would be to consider resitting the preferences file. But I am not all that sure that the preference file is used by LrC to know what plugins are installed as opposed to simply reading the modules folders contents and the Export Editor Presets folder (in AppData on Windows) upon startup. (perhaps one of those folders got fouled up??)
More on that below.
Have you tried simply reinstalling the DxO NIK collection? (P.S. if you attempt this, take this as an opportunity to make sure NIK Collection, etc are up to date). Most post processing software installs the plugins for PS and lrC UPON INSTALL, a few like the Skylum products have a menu entry to do so. Or you could visit the third party's website to find out how to manually install the plugins. But a reinstall the External Editor like NIK is simplest.
Secondly, in the Develop panel (Basic), the WB eyedropper no longer works. I
Might return to this reply after looking
Yes, when you have the WB Eye Dropper selected, down in the bottom toolbar, notice the Show Loupe check box. Needs to be checked.
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A separate commentary about the preferences file and resetting it.
The preferences file contains a information on how LrC should load, on changes to default settings (especially those in preferences) and if corrupt, it can cause all sorts of issues. Now the preferences file does not contain each and every possible setting, but enough to cause very odd behavior if corrupt. You may have noticed during LrC startup that the program reads the preferences file (and sometimes fails at that point) I have no knowledge of how it gets corrupted. Mine never has (knock on wood). But when it does, it does not get replaced via updates, via Upgrades, or even the normal (simple) uninstall/reinstall (not sure about the Creative Cloud Cleanup tool, that's more complete on uninstalls).
Advising a member to reset it may be a lot of a magic bullet a panacea, and might be advised to often too quickly. I for one have advised accomplishing that only to find out that simply deleting a preview file (like one for history) would fix an issue. Or that (on a Windows PC) a simple reset (not a shutdown) would clear out garbage in the Windows Kernel. So I am hesitant above in advising that. (and if I remember correctly, I once had a plugin issue with a external editor that was fixed by reinstall of the third party editor)
If you choose to attempt resetting the preferences file, Read and understand the following link at the Lightroom Queen (better than similar at Adobe) Be ware of the consequences (mostly to settings you may have made in preferences)
https://www.lightroomqueen.com/how-do-i-reset-lightrooms-preferences/
That particular panel in preferences, as you have presented it, for the third party external editors, will only show one. To see the others (if it is working) and then select others, you need to click on that down button in the Preset box (that currently states Custom)
That particular screen in preferences allows you to adjust how images will be sent to the external editor, and to select the application that is launched
Now a screenshot that you do not appear to have shared, and you do not appear to have directly mentioned is that of what you see when with a selected photo you right click and select Edit In. Can you share yours?
Wondering if a misunderstanding is at issue.
Moving on, Now I am on Windows, so the following bit of files will be located elsewhere on MACOS. But the folder External Editor Presets. What is in yours?
And can someone on MACOS provide an example as to assist in navigation to that info.
P.S., when in /preferences/External Editing/ you modify one of those entries, the lrtemplate files in the above are what you are editing.
Ahhhh, I think I just spotted something. Mind you not at a MAC so perhaps a misunderstanding
So, you are looking in a hard drive, in a folder called Pictures? Oh, and yes, I see your Catalog. And bigger yes, I see that folder named Lightroom Settings
That is not the normal location for these files.
Do you, or have you previously, save your presets with the catalog? The fact that you have that folder named Lightroom Settings right next to your catalog tells me you do or did:
Is that option shown above still checked?
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