The RAW files from the new EOS R5 Mark II are not supported in the photos app. Apple should include support for these new RAW format in the next iOS update. Photos, and many third party photography software depend on apple's native support for these RAW formats. I can't open anything I'm shooting at the moment.
iPad Pro, iPadOS 17
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.
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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.
Sorry, i'm on Sequoia 15.1 by now, still no support for the cRAW files from the R5 MarkII. Is there a timeline for a update by Apple ?
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 !
Also no support yet in 15.3, a bit of a shame
Any updates or fixes for this issue? Sequoia 15.2 still doesn't render R5II cRaw thumbnails
Sharing iCloud photos
It is working for me on the latest Sequoia, including images I had imported a while back but could not see.
OS Sequoia 15.3, all Canon R5 Mark II raw files (CR3) import with full image in Apple Mac Photos. No thumbnail preview in finder, but all imports now editable in Photos.
R5 Mark II now supported in the photos app with Mac OS Sequoia 15.3!!
I think Preview too.
Possibly Pages and Keynote.
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?
Canon R5 Mark II RAW files are not supported by Photos or other apps in iOS 17+
