incompatible raw files with Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

I really doubt that Aperture has stopped recognising raw files, as it uses the Mac OS for raw files. Can you open the raw file by going CTL click and open with Preview? If not then you need to use App Store to do updates under the Apple menu at top left. bob

However, the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV is such a high-profile camera that it is reasonable to expect that its raw format will probably be in the next macOS Digital RAW Camera Compatibility Update. But we won't know for sure until the next update appears.

The Canon EOS 5D Mark IV is already supported systemwide on Sierra since early February. Photos for Mac can open and develope the RAW files. But Aperture cannot use the RAW support that came with macOS 10.12.2, only the part relating to the older cameras.

It is suspicious, that the most recent RAW Support update for macOS, that is not working with Aperture, is the one that introduced RAW support for the mobile devices with iOS 10.2. Something must have changed how macOS Sierra handles RAW support, but Aperture has not been updated to cope with these changes.

Look at the panel "Aperture > About Aperture".

You will see the version number of the RAW support Aperture is using.

This is installed at /System/Library/CoreServices/RawCameraSupport.bundle/

and showing a date of 21.05.16, 06:24, version 7020.

The RAW support in the System Library that Aperture is using, has not been updated since May 2016.

The camera RAW 7020 has been installed on my Mac with the latest Sierra upgrade to 10.12.3. But it does not help with Aperture. Aperture can still not use the newest RAW support that came already with macOS 10.12.2.

All Canon EOS M5 files that should have been supported by that update are still showing "Unsupported Image Format".

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV is supported as part of the system since macOS 10.12.2 Sierra, as shown here, and the most recent applications installed by Sierra, like Photos for Mac can use it.

Digital camera RAW formats supported by iOS 10 and macOS Sierra - Apple Support

But as far as I can tell Aperture is not able to use the RAW support for the new cameras released with macOS 10.12.2, only the earlier released RAW support.

There have been posts, that Aperture does not recognize the RAW files for several of the cameras on this list:

Additional formats supported by iOS 10.2 and macOS 10.12.2

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

Canon EOS M5

Fujifilm X-T23

Nikon D3400

Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G8 / G80 / G85

Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LX9 / LX10 / LX15

Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ2500

Pentax K-70

See for example this discussion: Re: Re: Aperture and Fuji XT2 RAW files.

When I check the installed RawCamera.bundle, that Aperture is using, in the Terminal, the newest Canon is not listed in this bundle, only the MarkII and III.

strings /System/Library/CoreServices/RawCamera.bundle/Contents/MacOS/RawCamera | grep EOS5D

dng.adobe.CanonEOS5D

RCID_CanonEOS5D

RCID_CanonEOS5DMarkII

RCID_CanonEOS5DMarkIII

RCID_CanonEOS5DMarkIII_sraw

RCID_CanonEOS5DMarkII_sraw

RCID_CanonEOS5D dng

RCID_CanonEOS5DMarkII dng

dng.adobe.CanonEOS5DMarkII

RCID_CanonEOS5DMarkIII dng

I don't have 7020 Camera Raw Support. I have 7010. There is is no update I can see so where did you get 7020?

What I can say is that all apps appear to be using the same raw.

Aperture is using

/System/Library/CoreServices/RawCameraSupport.bundle/Contents/Resources/PlugIns. zip

Phocus is using

/System/Library/CoreServices/RawCameraSupport.bundle/Contents/Resources/PlugIns. zip

Preview is using

/System/Library/CoreServices/RawCameraSupport.bundle/Contents/Resources/PlugIns. zip

If you check the raw support list the 5DMk4 is not there yet.

Digital camera RAW formats supported by iOS 10 and macOS Sierra - Apple Support

If you check the raw support list the 5DMk4 is not there yet.

Digital camera RAW formats supported by iOS 10 and macOS Sierra - Apple Support

But it is. The list is not fully sorted. Scroll down all the way to the bottom of the list - you'll see the latest RAW update added by macOS Sierra 10.12.2 in December 2016.

What I can say is that all apps appear to be using the same raw.

The only difference is, that Photos can process the RAW of all cameras added by the last macOS Sierra RAW support, but that Aperture can't.

Additional formats supported by iOS 10.2 and macOS 10.12.2

Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

Canon EOS M5

Fujifilm X-T23

Nikon D3400

Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G8 / G80 / G85

Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LX9 / LX10 / LX15

Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ2500

Pentax K-70

It is clearly on the list and Photos can develope the RAW.

I can only conclude that the RAW support installed by Sierra 10.12.2 is in a different format from the RAW support that Aperture can use.

Aperture 3.6 is more than a year old and has been released for OS X 10.10.3.

Apple used to update this list with cameras supported by Aperture, but it is no longer updated:

http://www.apple.com/aperture/specs/raw.html

Support for digital camera raw files is not controlled by Aperture, it is controlled by the system-wide raw compatibility support in macOS which provides raw support to Apple Aperture and Apple Photos. If your camera's raw format is not yet supported, this is not because of Aperture, it's because of macOS. Apple eventually adds most raw camera formats to macOS, but you will have to wait until Apple delivers a Digital RAW Camera Compatibility Update with new cameras added. This update will turn up in the App Store like other system updates.

But there is not a regular schedule as to when the Digital RAW Camera Compatibility Update comes out, and furthermore, there is never a guarantee as to whether a particular camera raw format is going to be supported.

However, the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV is such a high-profile camera that it is reasonable to expect that its raw format will probably be in the next macOS Digital RAW Camera Compatibility Update. But we won't know for sure until the next update appears.

This sounds like a bug in Sierra. I have 10.12.3 and I don't have 7020. I have 7010 raw and there are no updates outstanding.

Sorry about missing the Additional Support thing at the bottom of the list. If Apple is going to only support raw updates on specific versions then that is disturbing trend along the lines of Adobe.

Apple stopped the developement of Aperture when OS X 10.10.3 came out. I doubt that we will ever see a new update for Aperture to make it fully compatible with macOS Sierra and the new system versions to come. So we should prepare for the final end. The bugs and glitches keep accumulating.

I had something like this happen with TIF files before and fixed it by changing the RAW + JPEG pairs flag to Import Both. No idea why, but worth try. Good luck.