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Q: will iphoto continue to update for new cameras

will iPhoto continue to update to accept raw files from new cameras

iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014), OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Mar 4, 2015 7:48 AM

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Q: will iphoto continue to update for new cameras

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  • by Terence Devlin,Helpful

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Mar 4, 2015 8:39 AM in response to daggerrh
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    Mar 4, 2015 8:39 AM in response to daggerrh

    I'll take a wild guess and answer on the basis that you mean in this in the context of the new Photos app.

     

    For the time being, it's safe to guess that it will. But sooner or later one of two things will happen:

     

    1. A new version of the OS will stop iPhoto running

    or

    2. Raw support will require Photos.app

     

    I think you can assume that the situation will be unchanged at least as long as we have the 10.10 OS. Once that is superseded it's hard to predict.

  • by EZ Jim,

    EZ Jim EZ Jim Mar 4, 2015 9:02 AM in response to daggerrh
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    Mar 4, 2015 9:02 AM in response to daggerrh

    You can only wait and see.  ¶ 2.1 of Apple Support Communities Use Agreement prohibit speculation on your topic.

     

     

    Message was edited by: EZ Jim

     

    Mac OSX 10.10.2

  • by Old Toad,

    Old Toad Old Toad Mar 4, 2015 9:05 AM in response to daggerrh
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    Mar 4, 2015 9:05 AM in response to daggerrh

    Since RAW compatibility is a system wide function I would say yes, there will be continued support of new RAW camera formats.  There are apps other than iPhoto that use RAW files.

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  • by Keith Barkley,

    Keith Barkley Keith Barkley Mar 4, 2015 12:50 PM in response to Old Toad
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    Mar 4, 2015 12:50 PM in response to Old Toad

    But, it has been the case that updated software has been required to access new raw updates. So at some point, some raw updater will not work with iPhoto. Note that this is not just an Apple issue. Adobe and Canon have done the same thing.

  • by Old Toad,Helpful

    Old Toad Old Toad Mar 4, 2015 2:42 PM in response to Keith Barkley
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    Mar 4, 2015 2:42 PM in response to Keith Barkley
    So at some point, some raw updater will not work with iPhoto

    That's when iPhoto will no longer be compatible with the system.  As long as it is compatible with the OS X it will accept and use new RAW compatibility updates.

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Mar 4, 2015 10:53 PM in response to Old Toad
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    Mar 4, 2015 10:53 PM in response to Old Toad

    OT

     

    That's not necessarily the case. Recent Raw updates (including the lifetime of Mavericks) have stipulated iPhoto 11 as part of the minimum requirements, even though other versions of iPhoto run. So, it's quite possible that we will find a situation where iPhoto runs but does not meet the requirement to run a Raw update.

  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Mar 5, 2015 12:51 AM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Mar 5, 2015 12:51 AM in response to Terence Devlin
    So, it's quite possible that we will find a situation where iPhoto runs but does not meet the requirement to run a Raw update.

    We have seen similar cases with Aperture, that new RAW support listed the latest Aperture versions as requirement for the RAW update.

    The Aperture RAW support page (http://www.apple.com/aperture/specs/raw.html) is more explicit than the Yosemite RAW Support page (OS X Yosemite: Supported digital camera RAW formats - Apple Support)

     

    On the Aperture page I am seeing for example these footnotes for certain RAW cameras:

    RAW Support Requirements

    Aperture 1.5 or later with Mac OS X v10.4.11 Tiger or Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard or later.

    * Requires Aperture 2 or later with Mac OS X v10.4.11 Tiger or Mac OS X v10.5.2 Leopard or later.

    ** Requires Aperture 3 or later.

    *** Requires Aperture 3.4 or later.

    **** Requires OS X Yosemite and Aperture 3.6 or later

  • by Keith Barkley,

    Keith Barkley Keith Barkley Mar 5, 2015 11:16 AM in response to Old Toad
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    Mar 5, 2015 11:16 AM in response to Old Toad

    I should have said: "Won't run on an older version of iPhoto, even though it otherwise works perfectly well on that machine."