ViewPoint 4 doesn't update file list

[rdc (Bob Carlitz)]

When I use ViewPoint 4 to edit a file and save it in the same folder, ViewPoint’s list of files isn’t updated until I reopen the folder. This can be confusing, because I typically save the edited files in the same folder I started with, and ViewPoint 4 doesn’t show me which files I have edited (unless I go to the trouble of reopening the folder).

[fvsch (Florens Verschelde)]

This sounds very similar to a series of similar bugs in PhotoLab 6:

Possible bugs version 6

The following behaviours were not present in v5. No apparent preferences setting to correct. In the PhotoLibrary panel looking at a list of folders, click on a folder (e.g. Folder A), result: “Contains no files” (words to the effect) message. Click on next folder (e.g. Folder B), result: same message. Click again on Folder A, result: thumbnails now display. In Customize panel. Select thumbnail(s), right click, select ‘Remove’, dialogue box appears, press enter. Thumbnails remain but grey-e…

It looks like all reports so far are from Mac users. So the way that recent DxO software handles listening to file / folder updates on Mac (or specific versions of macOS) might be kinda broken.

[John-M (Melbourne, Australia - Win10)]

@fvsch

It looks like all reports so far are from Mac users

Yes, seems like it could be a Mac-specific issue.

I noticed Robin Whaley (in that video to which you provide a link, Florens) noted the same issue - and he was using a Mac too.

John