Freezing to close PSE 2025 after installing Nik Collection 8. Unable to delete Organizer katalog.

[Flamants]

Struggeling with freezing problems of PSE 2025 in MAC OS Sequoia, I decided to uninstall and reinstall PSE and to restore my catalog from an correct external backup. Unfortunately, I opened the catalog for the whole photo library related to iCloud. Repeating the same procedure again, it was not possible to block out photo library.

After a clean new installation of my Mac Studio Pro, not using Time Machine, with no information of former catalogs, catalog restoring from the external HD with the correct datas, again, photo library was integrated, although I didn't accept these photos. From where could be this information? It must be related to my Adobe account. This makes no sense! What can I do to block out former catalog informations? I do not use Adobe Cloud.

[kglad]

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[Greg_S.]

I know nothing about Macs, but in Elements 2025 you have to go to Edit>Preferences>Auto Sync and turn off all options.  I forget whether this removes photos that have already been added to the catalog from the Elements Cloud. 

[Flamants]

Without knowing that Adobe changed in PSE 2025 with an update as default setting, automatic cloud upload photo library from Mac OSX, I was taken by surprise to find 2500 photos, taken by my smartphone, on Adobe cloud. It is questionable to mix them in a catalog with pictures taken by professional equipment. As everybody know, in October 2013, 153 million Adobe accounts were breached. So if you trust in Adobe cloud, it's up to you to decide. I cleaned my cloud. My catalog is now how it used to be.

For the freezing problem I am waiting the DxO support. It could be a question of where Nik Collektion 8 puts his copy. Main layer or second layer. If needed you have to change presetting: always use the main layer.