RAW file import to Photos; OS X 10.10.4

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RAW file import to Photos; OS X 10.10.4

I an amateur photographer and explorer. Today I tried something new in the settings on my camera, a Canon EOS Rebel XS. I only took RAW images, because I wanted to experiment with the way they turned out. I normally use iPhoto to upload and do minor editing before sharing my photos, but as the new Photos is replacing iPhoto, I decided to try it out. When I connected the camera with a USB cord, Photos popped up, gave me the spiel about it replacing iPhotos, which I skipped through and quickly went to the import tab to view my recently captured images. They were all blank, not a single image preview, there was a small "J" in the bottom corner but that's the only thing I noticed.

I would really like to access the photographs that I captured, if anyone could help, that'd be phenomenal.

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014), OS X Yosemite (10.10.4), null

Posted on Aug 9, 2015 5:23 PM

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LarryHN

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Aug 9, 2015 5:30 PM in response to James Ubani

If there is a "J" on the photo then you must be shooting RAW Plus JPEG - which is generally not useful and wastes a lot of space

what happens if you double click on one of these photos to enlarge it? I you then click on edit and make an edit?

Depending on what is going on relating th thumbnail 90 degrees and then rotating ti back may resolve this

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Aug 9, 2015 6:05 PM in response to LarryHN

I guess I didn't state my problem in the correct fashion. I have not successfully imported any images. I highlight all the images that I would like to upload, a loading bar pops up stating "Importing 120 photos" and that is all that happens.

JU

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LarryHN

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Aug 9, 2015 6:11 PM in response to James Ubani

Yes you did not describe that clearly

You seem to be saying that this is the first time you have used Photos - hold down the option key while launching Photos and crate a new library and try importing to it - does that work?

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James Ubani Author

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Aug 9, 2015 6:27 PM in response to LarryHN

I did as you said and created a new library, and nothing changed. I got an error message this time:

"Unreadable Files: 8

The following files could not be imported (they may be an unrecognized file type or the files may not contain valid data)."

It then lists the files with names such as: IMG_6449.JPG

I've been running the import process in the background while doing other things and this is the first time I have received a notification about the importation.

JU

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Aug 10, 2015 12:49 AM in response to James Ubani

According to this list: OS X Yosemite: Supported digital camera RAW formats - Apple Support

RAW-files from the Rebel XS should be recognized.

Have you entirely switched from iPhoto to Photos, or do you still keep both active? (As I do currently; I have converted the iPhoto library to Photos, and new pictures will only be added to Photos, no longer to iPhoto). Because if you have more or less the same setup, have you tried importing (one of) these RAW-files into iPhoto? If that wouldn't work either, the RAW-files might be corrupted (bad memory card?).

Can you get them in any other way onto your Mac (e.g., through Image Capture)? You might try importing from your Mac into Photos as well.

Enough routes to explore, I would say. We should try to nail down the culprit: the memory card (RAW files might be corrupt), the way of transferring (the cable?), and finally the program Photos or its library.

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