Bad Path(s) to Profiles

Software RawTherapee
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Hi All,

I’m having problems with my personal profiles path(s).

RT tells me my active profiles (in version 5.9-448-gb2606673e, release 5.10, running in MacOS 14.5 [Sonoma]) are found not in my user account, but in the Library on the top level of my drive. Not only that, but in a 5-Dev version of RT. And not only that, but in a version that I cannot see on my drive to delete, even when displaying hidden files. Here’s a screen grab:

Active Profile Path
Active Profile Path920×432 52.5 KB

When I create a new profile, that profile is also created directly in Root Volume>Library. Here, again is a screen grab:

Created Profile Path
Created Profile Path938×488 43.4 KB

I have my preferred profiles stored in User>Library>Application Support>RawTherapee>config>profiles, but RT is not accessing when it opens. If I choose load processing profiles and navigate to the above folder, I can access and apply the profiles, no problem. But of course I want to have them accessible upon opening RT. I also would like to delete the old RT versions 5 and 5-Dev.

Something is clearly wrong with my file system on my Mac. I shall have to deal with that and that’s no one’s problem but mine. But here I would like to ask how I can alter the path RT uses to access and display the profiles it makes active on startup. Naturally, I want that to be the path to the folder in my User account where my many personally created profiles are.

Perhaps I should copy the profiles and reinstall RT? I’d love some advice.

Thanks.

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Application Support was used by previous RT versions. The pertinent RawTherapee macOS system locations you will find in your Library within Containers/RawTherapee. Hopefully that works for you.

PS. Why… it is because macOS itself has changed; many major system version numbers have gone by since 5.9 came out. Each had major changes to system security. Chances are your filesystem is just fine.

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Richard, I am really a problem child today!

Thank you for the reassurance on my filesystem. FWIW, the full path to the RT folders is for me User>Library>Containers>RawTherapee>Data>Library>Application Support. (Odd, that repetition of Library; I think there must be aliases involved.) In that folder I saw three different RT folders, including the dev version. I deleted the older two. In any case, the path is working and saving new profiles to the correct folder where they are available for other images. Great!

Thanks again.

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