Spot removal bug in LR 5.3 for Mac??

I have been working on a photo in LR 5 trying to remove dust spots. I can select but they don't go away. Opened in LR 4 and it works fine. Anyone have an idea on how to fix? Thanks.

Check the opacity slider in the spot removal panel. It is probably set to 0. Should be 100.

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I tried your procedure, but it does not work.
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Hi and thank you for posting. I have highlighted this thread to one of my colleagues working with Bridge for Mac. I hope he can get something useful out of it.
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Bug: Exports not generated correctly when Spot Removal brush used in LR5

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Keyboard shortcut for Spot Removal Tool

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Hey all!
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When I choose the spot removal tool and click and drag in order to get a linear edit (not a circle) instead of the desired effect, the circle gets bigger. I can't seem to be able to just correct a non-circular smudge.
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