All my .raw files are converted to .JPG

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All my .raw files are converted to .JPG

Uploading my .raw files to the Photos (not to iCloud), all of them gets converted to .JPG files. However, if I upload the .jpg (note the lowercase) file together with the .raw file, both files gets uploaded to Photos but one has the file ending of .jpg and the other .JPG. Even more bizzare is that Photos also decide to reduce the original .raw file's size from ~15.5Mb to 3.3Mb in addition to the .JPG conversion. Anyone else having this odd behaviour? Did Apple test their software with .raw files even?

P.S I've tried with .raw files from various sorces, taken on various cameras - they all convert and to ,JPG and drastically reduced in file-size.

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10), Safari 8.0

Posted on Apr 8, 2015 5:23 PM

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Apr 8, 2015 10:16 PM in response to bjorner

Photos menu > Preferences > iCloud > Make sure it's on "Download Originals to this Mac", not "Optimize Mac Storage". Only thing I can think of that would be causing your RAWs to convert (they shouldn't be, otherwise).

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Apr 8, 2015 11:39 PM in response to bjorner

I import NEFs to Photos and they remain NEFs. Where are you seeing these Jpegs reported?

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Apr 9, 2015 10:46 PM in response to Unsoluble

Unsoluble wrote:

Photos menu > Preferences > iCloud > Make sure it's on "Download Originals to this Mac", not "Optimize Mac Storage". Only thing I can think of that would be causing your RAWs to convert (they shouldn't be, otherwise).

I'm not using iCloud in Photos so that option wasn't available.

I did however get it up and running as it should. First I created a new Photolibrary, then I imported my .raw files manually from Finder, into Photos (folder by folder). It was probably something that went awry during the initial import.

Seems to run like clockwork now. Thanks guys.

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