RStudio is not showing the generated plots in the plot pane anymore. Instead they open in a separate file with the name "Quartz". Here\'s my session info.:
I am working with Rmarkdown, and in my case I solved this problem like this:
Go to Tools->Global Options->Rmarkdown
In "Show output preview in" select "Viewer Pane"
Uncheck the box "Show output inline for all R Markdown documents"