Photo Downloader Freezes Up

Hi to all Bridge Macintosh users,
I've posted this same thing to the Adobe:Camera Raw forum, but it is probably more relevant to Bridge Macintosh forum users. That is the photo downloader freeze-up problem when you click "choose" to select a folder. It happens if you install the latest Camera Raw plug-in. You can take Adobe's advice and do an elaborate work-around that involves putting all your photos into a pre-selected folder and simply not using the "choose" button (I find that ridiculous, personally, but if you have a camera that is only supported by the newest version of ACR, you have no other choice), or you can use Time Machine to go back and find your copy of ACR 4.6.1. Once restored to its place in the Root directory:Library:Application Support:Adobe:Plug-ins folder, Photo Downloader will be restored to normal functionality. Don't bother deleting "plist" files as suggested by some forum participants. That simply doesn't work. Hopefully Adobe will have a fix soon for users with the new cameras covered by ACR 6.5. Thank you.

Somehow, I hadn't caught this:
Gary Niemeier wrote:
…Personally, I didn't grab this release candidate, as my aging Nikon D90 is well-covered by ACR 4.6.1. But for anyone who has a newer camera or lenses, Adobe now has you covered.
Gary,
Oh, that is soooooo wrong!
One should ALWAYS run the LATEST release of ACR, no exceptions. Each new release brings unheralded, unannounced and sometimes even unacknowledged bug fixes and improvements, beyond support for newer cameras.
Staying with an older version just because your camera is already supported by it is a very <euphemism>unwise</euphemism> decision.
Wo Tai Lao Le
我太老了

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