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Major Bug with 15.4 canon raw files don’t work
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I can confirm in macOS 15.4.1 the bug hasn’t been fixed. What the hell Apple. A major bug for photographers and you haven’t addressed it. I wonder if the 15.5 beta has fixed it?
Since I upgraded to 15.4 2-3 weeks ago all DNG files from Ricoh and Canon converted to DNG show a black window when using Quicklook with spacebar. Older DNG files from Ricoh GXR or GRD4 are normal. ARW files are not affected. Nothing like Resizing Icons or quitting Finder helps. No problems with developing in PS or other tools. I'm getting nuts ...picture selection became painful
I just tried out what people said in this Forum: Quick Look DNG file appears black, resize and image of DNG comes out .... complicated and a pain in the a...
Here is a clue, provided by https://talk.tidbits.com/t/nikon-raw-nef-files-os-15-quicklook-feature/30855/1.
Try changing your display preset. With any of the non "Apple" presets (System Settings > Display > presets), Quick Look and Finder's gallery view are working. I still get black rectangles in Finder column view. And I lose display functionality. This is M3 MBP, macOs 15.4.1
Note that the TidBits post shows that this issue applies to Nikon as well as Canon.
Same with Niko D750 NEF files. They are really a bunch of idiots at the software department nowadays, not a single update that doesn't break something. I have hundreds of photos to sort and this not doesn't work for almost a month.It is really time to switch back to Windows.
I had to buy another MacBook just to go through my photos and then returned it, any anyone tried the 15.5 beta to seem if its fixed
Good, we need to hurt them in the pocket, that’s the only way they will take note and understand that they destroyed the whole software experience of every single product they sell.
Chatted with apple support. They suggest trying to view the files in safe mode ... got the same result - a black screen. After that, they were clueless.
Maybe a silly question, but are there any third-party QuickLook plugins that one could install to read various RAW files better? Do users have to rely on Apple specifically here?
I ask because I've definitely worked with apps that installed their own QuickLook plugins for their specific file types so that they could be previewed in the Finder.
I ask because I've definitely worked with apps that installed their own QuickLook plugins for their specific file types so that they could be previewed in the Finder.
Not a plugin, but I just use FastRawViewer; cost about $18.
Mar 15, 2025
digiKam 8.6.0
"This version includes an update to the internal RAW decoder, Libraw, to the rolling-release snapshot from 2025-02-08, along with various bug fixes."
https://www.digikam.org/news/2025-03-15-8.6.0_release_announcement/
LibRaw
https://www.libraw.org
digiKam 8.6.0
"This version includes an update to the internal RAW decoder, Libraw, to the rolling-release snapshot from 2025-02-08, along with various bug fixes."
https://www.digikam.org/news/2025-03-15-8.6.0_release_announcement/
LibRaw
https://www.libraw.org
This have nothing to do with Adobe or Camera Raw, it is an Apple problem. I updated yesterday to Sequoia 15.4.1 and now I cannot preview any of my ARW photos from my Sony cameras through many years. Apple says that they can contain malware! This is ridiculous and I hope Apple soon come with a new update!
You are right. Strange that ARW files from you present this default now too. not for me, all my ARW files from different SONY cameras are fine. Only DNG files are affected except those from older cameras
You don't have to wait for Apple to fix the problem, you can remove the quarantine attribute from the images.
AppleScript that asks you to select the folder with images and removes the com.apple.quarantine from them
AppleScript:
set theFolder to choose folder with prompt "Please select a folder:"
set FolderPath to POSIX path of theFolder
do shell script "xattr -rd com.apple.quarantine " & quoted form of FolderPathhttps://support.apple.com/en-euro/guide/script-editor/scpedt1069/mac
Open Script Editor (/Applications/Utilities/Script Editor.app ), copy-paste the code and click the Run button. In the window that opens select the folder that contains the ARW files. That’s it.
I'm running 15.4.1 on a Mac M1 Studio Ultra and not having any problems with Quicklook. I normally convert my Raw Files to DNG but as an experiment dug up some .CR2 & .CR3 files. They all open with the Spacebar as expected. The files included 4 or 5 different Canon cameras from the 20D to the R5 MKll.
For my RAWs, the quarantine attribute is not set, so there is nothing to remove.
Edit: Read your conversation with @Jippet more carefully. It is likely in this specific case that there is a quarantine issue which your script should fix. Attempting to clear a non-existent quarantine attribute would not assist the rest of us with the Quick Look problem.
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I understood that, I was addressing the “contain malware” issue reported now twice.
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...non-raw-files-dont-work.2454415/post-33855695
There may be 3 separate issues:
- quarantine attribute set on RAW files “downloaded” from cameras – fixable by removing the attribute
- Adobe Camera Raw issue, reported by @amdm01 #66 and fixable by updating the Camera Raw plug-in
https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/kb/camera-raw-plug-in-installer.html
To check the Camera Raw plug-in version, if it’s installed, from Terminal:
Code:
defaults read /Library/Application\ Support/Adobe/Plug-Ins/CC/File\ Formats/Camera\ Raw.plugin/Contents/Info.plist CFBundleShortVersionString- conflict between display settings and QuickLook, as you pointed out #58