Can't Canon raw pics get imported into iPhoto easily?

I bought a new Canon T5i and took some great shots of my kids in Raw format, supposedly the best way to shoot. Nobody told me that importing them to my Macbook Air would be such trouble. I've connected the camera to my Mac (OS 10.6.8) with iPhoto 9.2.3 and yet iPhoto won't import my .cr2 files. It's killing me. Please help. This shouldn't be so difficult, right?

Since every single RAW is different you must verify that your specific RAW is suppoprted for your OS and your version of iPhoto since you are years behind on OS upgrades you porbalby have no support for the latest RAW formats
here is the OS X 10.6 RAW support list - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3825?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US - I do not see the T5i on it -- it is supported under Mt Lion - you need to upgrade you OS
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