Canon R5 Mark II RAW files are not supported by Photos or other apps in iOS 17+

The Canon R5 MKII uses either .CR2 or CR3 raw files which are not recognised, therefore, I suggest the you get in touch with Canon: https://www.usa.canon.com/support/canon-product-advisories/Firmware-Notice-EOS-R5-Mark-II-Firmware-Version-1-0-1?utm_source=canon_community&utm_medium=announcements_box&_gl=1*1ochtgy*_ga*MTYwNzQ3MDYzLjE3Mjg4MDgxMzA.*_ga_RS2XCXV1Y7*MTcyODgwODEyOS4xLjAuMTcyODgwODEyOS42MC4wLjA.

They may suggest that you convert the .CR2 or .CR3 files to .TIFF files. They will have the necessary software that you could download to enable this action.

Something for you to consider:

Is TIFF the same as RAW?

No. While TIFF is a lossless format, it only stores the processed image. That's why it has less post-processing flexibility than a RAW file.

I'm a Nikon user, so all my raw files have the extension .NEF (Nikon Electronic File). When I click on an NEF file, it opens in Nikon Image Space software that I keep in the Dock. Canon my have software of their own.

Hee115, Your statement is not accurate. RAW photos taken with a CANON R5 Mk 2 are not visible or editable in Apple photos regardless of the current operating system you are running. Apple has yet to update their operating system

This forum is a User-to-User forum so no one here knows what plans Apple have - if any - for adding support for a particular model of camera. As I said above:

To be blunt, adding raw support does not seem to be a priority these days for Apple. So, some cameras are never supported, so partially supported and some fully so.

Options: Convert the raws to DNG with Adobe's free converter.

or

Use a third party app to manage these (and if you wish) all you photos. Apps like Adobe's Lightroom and Lightroom Classic, CaptureOne, DxO Photo Lab, Mylio and others have their own raw support and tend to be faster and more complete in the support they offer, but then they ought to be as you pay for them. Also consider the software that the maker of your camera recommends, which is most likely free and there are also open source options too.

Yes, i was simply replying to to an earlier post, where someone said that Apple never supports cRAW files, which is not correct. And it is about the R5 Mark II, the cRAWs of the R5 work just fine on Apple.

I just went through the console logs after importing a CR3 RAW image. What is interesting is that before importing, the RAW images show fine in the import screen associated with the device. After importing, the image data is there, but Photos is unable to render it. I do see a lot of messages about "Embedded thumbnail dimension mismatch" which Photos would presumably be using to show the image previews. So is this an Apple issue or is there a bug in Canon firmware 1.0.1?

Billyboy101, thank you for your comment. My case is a bit different from yours then. I hope that Apple comes back to you with a solution fast!

Friends, once Sequoia 15.0 became available and installed, the issue was gone!

Not entirely true, cRAWs from the R7 and R6 Mark II are supported by Apple for at least one year.

The support article lists mRaw and sRaw support, but not cRaw support that I could see. Good to know, thanks for the update.

Yes but the question is about the R5.

You are welcome !