With that title I am wondering if you ever had a system crash and had to reinstall your Mac from scratch ?
I saw in the .dop files that the full path to my ICC profile and the full path to the watermark file (if you choose a .png for example) is saved.
The other day I did setup my new Mac from the ground up. For me it is a good practice and also a training for the day a disaster happens
So the question is:
How do you “repair” the paths from the .dop files when it has changed ?
If I move around my files for watermarking or ICC profiles, on purpose or not, PL can not find them and there is no error message. So…
After my clean setup I did put back the ICC profiles where it belongs here: /Library/ColorSync
I initially wanted to have them in a different folder. Anyway it is okay.
Now, where do you put your watermark files ? For a future version: why not saving the name of a watermark.preset in the .dop file instead of a full path and set of settings ?
Well, I will find a solution when it happens but how do you do that or think about that ?
(watermark images can go here too, unless you want to keep them in your picture folder)
leave the rest where DxO puts it in the first place
DPL does remember where you last picked a color profile from, but it does not ease navigation at all. Putting the profiles in one folder helps tremendously. Putting that folder below /Library (not in the home folder) helps use the profiles from all accounts installed on the Mac (I use std., admin. and test user accounts)
For clean installing (e.g. a new version of macOS) I’d go this route:
make a few clones and test if they boot up
update one clone and boot from it (not necessary if you stay with your current OS version)
There are a few things to consider: Getting back keychain entries and Apple Mail take extra effort. You might also want to check your licensing conditions before doing a clean install. Updating a clone puts things where they belong: drive layouts differ between Mojave, Catalina and Big Sur.
Top to bottom: Internal (Mojave) drive, Big Sur Beta drive (highlighted) and Catalina test drive
Notes: During tests, I often first set up an installation volume for the bootable installer and a volume for the clone. Installation volume needs to be HFS+, while the clone volume format depends on what you clone.
I use SSD drives here, HDD should work too.
