Unable to apply presets in Lightroom Classic CC

[matthewk52233727]

Hello,

I've been a Creative Cloud subscriber for a few years. Within the last few days, I have noticed that I am no longer able to apply presets in the Develop module.

When hovering my mouse over a preset, I can see the setting previewed on my image. Normally, I would click on the name of the preset to apply those settings. Now, I can click on the name but the settings are not applied. Double-clicking/right clicking doesn't seem to offer any other options.

From the CC app, I seem to be running the most recent version. I always keep the software up-to-date when there are updates. Please see the version info in the attached screenshot.

I have searched on the forums and it appears that some people have this issue when switching from a perpetually licensed version of Lightroom to CC but I don't believe that this is the case for me.

Thank you for your help.

[Rob_Cullen]

Would you also post a screen-clip from the HELP > SYSTEM INFO...  Menu in Lightroom?

This will give a more informative result than Menu>About.

[matthewk52233727]

Sure thing - please see that info pasted below:

Lightroom Classic version: 8.0 [ 1193777 ]

License: Creative Cloud

Language setting: en-US

Operating system: Mac OS 10

Version: 10.13.6 [17G65]

Application architecture: x64

Logical processor count: 4

Processor speed: 3.8 GHz

Built-in memory: 8,192.0 MB

Real memory available to Lightroom: 8,192.0 MB

Real memory used by Lightroom: 1,069.6 MB (13.0%)

Virtual memory used by Lightroom: 10,259.5 MB

Memory cache size: 97.0MB

Internal Camera Raw revision: 61

Maximum thread count used by Camera Raw: 3

Camera Raw SIMD optimization: SSE2,AVX,AVX2

Camera Raw virtual memory: 968MB / 4095MB (23%)

Camera Raw real memory: 979MB / 8192MB (11%)

Displays: 1) 5120x2880

Graphics Processor Info:

Metal: AMD Radeon Pro 580

Application folder: /Applications/Adobe Lightroom Classic CC

Library Path: /Users/Mashley/Pictures/Lightroom/Lightroom Catalog-2.lrcat

Settings Folder: /Users/Mashley/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Lightroom

Installed Plugins:

1) AdobeStock

2) Aperture/iPhoto Importer Plug-in

3) Canon Tether Plugin

4) Facebook

5) Flickr

6) HDR Efex Pro 2

7) Nikon Tether Plugin

Config.lua flags: None

AudioDeviceIOBlockSize: 512

AudioDeviceName: Built-in Output

AudioDeviceNumberOfChannels: 2

AudioDeviceSampleRate: 44100

Build: 12.1x4

CoreImage: true

GL_ACCUM_ALPHA_BITS: 0

GL_ACCUM_BLUE_BITS: 0

GL_ACCUM_GREEN_BITS: 0

GL_ACCUM_RED_BITS: 0

GL_ALPHA_BITS: 8

GL_BLUE_BITS: 8

GL_DEPTH_BITS: 24

GL_GREEN_BITS: 8

GL_MAX_3D_TEXTURE_SIZE: 16384

GL_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE: 16384

GL_MAX_TEXTURE_UNITS: 8

GL_MAX_VIEWPORT_DIMS: 16384,16384

GL_RED_BITS: 8

GL_RENDERER: AMD Radeon Pro 580 OpenGL Engine

GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION: 1.20

GL_STENCIL_BITS: 8

GL_VENDOR: ATI Technologies Inc.

GL_VERSION: 2.1 ATI-1.68.20

OGLEnabled: true

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[Rob_Cullen]

Yes, your Classic v8 install seems ok from the 'info'. So I have no answer, only-

A couple of suggestions to try- (Restart after each)

In Preferences / Performance / Develop,  toggle the option to [Enable Hover Preview....]

In Preferences / Performance / Camera Raw toggle the option to [Use Graphics processor]

Reset the Preferences file.

Rename the Previews .LRDATA folder to let Lr create a new one. (Restore if not a fix)

Un-install, then re-install Lr from the Desktop App.

[matthewk52233727]

Thank you for your response. I have tried each of these steps but am still experiencing the same issue, unfortunately.

(editing to include a link to a video showing the behavior I am seeing)

[Rob_Cullen]

Sorry, but my limited knowledge cannot be more helpful.

I am also not familiar with Mac Library folders, but is it possible that the Lr default 'in-built' presets are in a Library folder that does not have full Read/Write permissions? (Just grasping at straws!)

Hopefully others with more experience can add some answers.