Copying RAW images to iMac corrupts them?

I have the weirdest problem. I'm shooting raw on cf cards with my Cannon 1Ds Mark III and download the images to my macbook pro. i check the images and everything looks fine. But when i copy the files to my imac a 20% of the images get corrupt.
My first thought was bad transfer. I tried various ways to transfer the images and still the same problem. even when i copy from macbook to external hd, connect the hd to the imac and check the files without copying them, some images look corrupt.
I used this workflow for years and for millions of images and i've never seen this before.
Older RAW files on my imac seem ok.
Thank you

OK..I contacted Apple Support here i Holland by phone and they ran through a whole trouble shooting program with me. Then they downloaded RAW files from a site that has RAW files for all types of cameras including the camera I use Panasonic DMC L1
They then did imported the RAW files into their Macmini at Apple support and found that they experience the exact same issues as I reported on my own Macmini. So the problem is not with my particular Macmini but somewhere in the iPhoto 09 software. They will now send these findings to Apple in Ireland and other Apple centres that address these issues. Then a solution will be sought and probably some kind of update to correct it will be issued. Hopefully this issue will be gone in SnowLeopard.

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Requesting immediate help if anyone available currently
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Can anyone help this Saturday evening as I am trying to complete a large project of images for others who expect them soon?
Thank you and I look forward to any advice soon,
Mark Seibold, Artist-Astronomer, Portland Oregon

First I'd like to state I am fairly ignorant of Adobe Camera Raw, as I've been using Lightroom for years. I'm only replying because you seem under a close time constraint.
Are you working within PS CC? It seems that Camera Raw no longer exists independently, but rather as a plug in within PS CC. I mention this because I seem to recall at one point it could function as an independent app. I am just wondering if you were using an old version of ACR, that may have been overwritten, or started within PS CC.
That is the only help I can offer as far as ACR, and may have nothing to do with your issue.
If you must get these done very soon and can't solve ACR, I'd also suggest giving Lightroom a shot, if you've access to it, just this one time, until you get ACR running again. Open it up, Create an intial library, like 2015 or Lightroom. Import the images you'd like to copy/convert, in a way that that the originals aren't moved and copies of the RAWs, (or DNGs) are made. Then select all, in the most recent import folder, and turn around and export them in whatever form you desire. Also, Lightroom is non-destructive, so, if you'd like to try making adjustments before exporting, under the develop tab, any alterations or adjustments you might make before exporting are completely reversible.
I realize changing one's workflow, and learning a new app, may be too much effort at this point, and very possibly require too much time, but you might pick it up quickly enough to get 'er done on time.
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Requesting immediate help if anyone available currently
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Again today as I go to copy files (images) from Adobe Camera Raw, to say a Tiff or a Jpeg, it appears to begin to copy as normal, then suddenly a box appears with all my copying
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Thank you and I look forward to any advice soon,
Mark Seibold, Artist-Astronomer, Portland Oregon

Hi Rick
Thanks for clarifying that. Yes, that term was my mistake, as I meant to write 'Save As"
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Sorry for the long description here, but I hope to relate the total idea of what I am doing for the past years. I'll even attach an example >
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OK..I contacted Apple Support here i Holland by phone and they ran through a whole trouble shooting program with me. Then they downloaded RAW files from a site that has RAW files for all types of cameras including the camera I use Panasonic DMC L1
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The process for determining what is causing the files to be corrupt can be a tedious one depending on the following:
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bruijnesteijn wrote:
I appreciate all the help
You're welcome, for my part .
bruijnesteijn wrote:
I am getting the feeling that a Lightroom user is expected to be know a lot of possible hardware and software stuff thn can be expected from the average photographer.
Only if they're having problems .
bruijnesteijn wrote:
MacBook extended checks. No issues, unless we are going to question the Apple software used for checking their own hardware...
I have no clue...
bruijnesteijn wrote:
I copy my images to my harddisk using Adobe Bridge Photo Downloader = check, images are OK in Camera RAW & Photoshop.
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bruijnesteijn wrote:
After this no other hardware is involved
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bruijnesteijn wrote:
No proprietary RAW format e.g. I use standard Canon 550D settings. Not sure how proprietary you call that and what I can do about that and why Lightroom would have a problem with it. If that would be an issue I would expect a lot more issues from other users.
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* Proprietary raws can not be corrupted by Lightroom (that statement has 99.999999999999% probability of being true, in the context discussed so far).
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bruijnesteijn wrote:
Software:
No other software
*iff* it is certain that raw image (raw-rendering, as distinguished from jpeg preview), was OK, before accessing via Lightroom, the other software is a non-factor.
bruijnesteijn wrote:
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Requesting immediate help if anyone available currently
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Again today as I go to copy files (images) from Adobe Camera Raw, to say a Tiff or a Jpeg, it appears to begin to copy as normal, then suddenly a box appears with all my copying
file name/numbers, and it begins to eliminate one by one "Cannot Create File", failing the entire process to copy. I have never seen this until I began using Creative Cloud about a
month ago.
Can anyone help this Saturday evening as i am trying to complete a large project of images for others who expect them soon.?
Thank you and I look forward to any advice soon,
Mark Seibold, Artist-Astronomer, Portland Oregon

Hi Rick
Thanks for clarifying that. Yes, that term was my mistake, as I meant to write 'Save As"
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the Adobe Camera Raw app formerly with CS6, as they instead use Lightroom, so he apologized that he
was not familiar with ACR but that I might have an old CS6 plug-in running that may not be completely
compatible with the new Creative Cloud. I am not sure if this is the problem.
What I would find as not really likely, is that the Creative Cloud engineers would go through all the trouble
to redesign from the old CS6, then even assist us over the phone to help install it, but in oversight,
leave us without a proper update to properly run Adobe Camera Raw. I also have never really understood the advantage of Lightroom. I'm sure that many must enjoy its efficiency, as I hear wedding photographers like it for huge batch processing of adjusting many images in synchronicity all at once. I would say that I do the same with ACR accessing it through Bridge, and I like ACR's quick and simple access for simple image adjustments and then say a small batch all synchronized, then finally to "Save As" for all selected to a final output as Tiff or Jpeg.
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Sorry for the long description here, but I hope to relate the total idea of what I am doing for the past years. I'll even attach an example >
Thanks for your possible solution to my problem in "Saving As" in ACR,
Mark

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