Aperture Trial 2.1.4 with Canon 7D

Recently down loaded the Trial 2.1.4 Aperture and am using with a Canon 7D. First time I used it, the photos did show up in the Browser, after a very long down load, but when I went to view, I got an error message, "Unsupported Image Format". I shot the photo's in both JPEG & RAW. I did get two copies of each photo, but both came up as IMG images? Is it possible that the Trial version of Aperture does does not support Canon 7D? Per what I read on line it should?

Thanks, yes, the update appears to have solved the problem. Now my problem is the amount of time it takes to load, it has been trying to load the thumbnails for about 20 minutes. Since I can now use my IPhoto 08 with my RAW files, I may not need Aperture right now. Has anyone else had a problem with excessive time to transfer files from memory cards to Aperture and also just opening an existing file / project? My images are large, but they loaded pretty quickly in IPhoto? And yes, I needed to update my software status, I am now using Snow Leopard 10.6.2. AGain, thanks for your feed back.

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So what you're seeing initially at import is the JPEG that the camera generates as a preview for the image. All RAW files have this; the JPEG is what's used by the camera itself to give you the preview on the back of the camera.
When Aperture imports, it will initially show you the JPEG. Then, once it renders its own version, based on the raw converter built into OS X, it will show you that updated preview (which is also a JPEG). From that point on, that's what you'll see, and you can't get the RAW-embedded JPEG again.
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