Dalia, Thank you, I really appreciate the help. I do have the Nik Collection installed on my Mac and it works fine in other applications so I don't think there is anything amiss there. I would have sworn I read somewhere that Partha had included the Nik plug-ins with 2.9, but even if I copy the apps to the appropriate folder I still don't have them.
Ya know...I just had a thought...I'm running the experimental 2.9-cc version that was built from Elle Stone's efforts. I'm wondering now if I download the "regular" 2.9 I'll have it? Hmm, will have to try that. Please let me know if you hear anything from Partha.
Thanks, again!
Update: Yep, that's it! The "regular" 2.9 experimental has the Nik Collection. For some reason, it is not included in the color corrected version. Whew...solved!!
I really hope that Partha includes it in the cc version because I don't like being stuck with GIMP's sRGB standard with regard to colorspace and some tools/operations.