I do follow the explanations, but the current process kills my workflow (as previously described). What DOES work (which wasn’t my hoped for solution) is to import the files into Apple Photos with all metadata intact, then use Nitro to edit in the Photos Library feature. This only works with my non-raw files (roughly from the dawn of time to about 2008, when I started shooting in raw. Since Apple after all this time still does not read Fuji compressed, those files need another process. Those files will be developed initially with DxO Photolab, exported to TIFF, then converted to HEIC or JXL for final tweaking.