Larry Williams
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Q: iPhoto is not recognizing the RAW NEF format of my new D600

For some reason iPhoto won't recognize the RAW format NEF of my Nikon D600.  I didn't have any difficulty displaying the pictures on my iPad 3.

 

I only take RAW and not RAW+JPEG.  I've got 64 Gb of pictures.  What should I do now?

iMac (27-inch Mid 2011), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2), 3.4 GHz i7

Posted on Oct 16, 2012 6:31 AM

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Aperture RAW support for the D600 is released today. Get it from the App Store.

Posted on Oct 25, 2012 10:04 AM

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Q: iPhoto is not recognizing the RAW NEF format of my new D600

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  • by bobwild,

    bobwild bobwild Oct 16, 2012 6:41 AM in response to Larry Williams
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    Oct 16, 2012 6:41 AM in response to Larry Williams

    Apple usually updates the OS X "Digital camera RAW formats" shortly after a new camera has been released. Don't know why they don't arrange to have the the new RAW support before camera releases. I guess you can put 1/2 the blame on Nikon and 1/2 on Apple.

     

    You can load the pictures into a folder on your iMac until the update arrives. Don't forget to backup the raw files.

     

    Watch here for the update to be released.

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Oct 16, 2012 9:55 AM in response to Larry Williams
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    Oct 16, 2012 9:55 AM in response to Larry Williams

    Doesn't Nikon include any software that you can use to edit the raw and create JPGs and then import them into iPhoto?

     

    OT

  • by Larry Williams,

    Larry Williams Larry Williams Oct 16, 2012 12:49 PM in response to Old Toad
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    Oct 16, 2012 12:49 PM in response to Old Toad

    Their software has issues with mountain lion.  So it doesn't help either.

     

    What's odd is that the pictures can be viewed on my iPad 3.

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Oct 17, 2012 8:49 AM in response to Larry Williams
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    Oct 17, 2012 8:49 AM in response to Larry Williams

    You just can't win can you?

  • by bobwild,

    bobwild bobwild Oct 17, 2012 9:19 AM in response to Larry Williams
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    Oct 17, 2012 9:19 AM in response to Larry Williams

    I do not have any issue with the current version of Nikons software and NEF files from a D300.

     

    What isues do you have with Nikon software.

     

    I am running Mountain Lion 10.8.2, Capture NX 2.3.4, Nikon Transfer 2 2.5 (now included in View NX), and View NX 2.5.

  • by Larry Williams,

    Larry Williams Larry Williams Oct 17, 2012 11:14 AM in response to bobwild
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    Oct 17, 2012 11:14 AM in response to bobwild

    Okay I tried to use View NX 2 and it is able to show the RAW files.  I also found an empty SD card and took a couple pictures.  Transfer 2 was able to read the files off of the camera. 

     

    I suspect the issues with the 64GB i have is just the number of pictures and Transfer isn't giving immediate feed back when I connect the camera.  I put only one of my 32GB SD cards in the camera and tried again.  After a minute or 2 the D600 appeared on the screen.  Clicking on the camera didn't show any pictures immediately but after quite a few minutes the pictures started appearing.

     

    I guess I can use the Nikon software for now and wait for Apple to update their RAW formats.

     

    Thanks everyone.

  • by Digital Degenerate,Solvedanswer

    Digital Degenerate Digital Degenerate Oct 25, 2012 10:04 AM in response to Larry Williams
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    Oct 25, 2012 10:04 AM in response to Larry Williams

    Aperture RAW support for the D600 is released today. Get it from the App Store.

  • by Larry Williams,

    Larry Williams Larry Williams Oct 25, 2012 4:38 PM in response to Digital Degenerate
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    Oct 25, 2012 4:38 PM in response to Digital Degenerate

    The details are here.  Thanks for the update.