Do not use rotate in iPhoto!

I use iPhoto 9.3.2. I work with RAW images. When I use the rotate function of iPhoto directly on the thumbnail image, the RAW image gets deleted!!
This did not happen with previous version of iPhoto. I have lost hundreds of pictures this way. I can reproduce the bug every time. Does anyone know how I can get Apple's attention to this kind of bugs?

Exact workflow is as follows:
- I have a CF card with a number of NEF (Nikon D70 RAW images) on it.
- Connect CF card reader to Mac
- Import all new images to the iPhoto library. This will cause a number things to happen, such as:
* the NEF file is copied to the Mac harddisk (iPhoto library folder)
* a number of JPG are being made (e.g. for the thumbnail pictures, the face pictures etc)
- Now, when you go to the iPhoto library, you can rotate pictures directly from the popup menu. As soon as you do this, the NEF file (which was copied to the Mac harddisk) is removed, and less importantly, the thumbnail JPG is messed up.
- When rotating the picture from the Edit menu, this does not happen.
I can reproduce this problem every single time. I have all updates installed including latest OSX update. I was able to recover a few of my pictures because the NEF files where still on my CF card. But some of them are lost forever. I really really really urgently need to buy an external harddrive for backup
Is there some kind of screen capture tool that I could use to record this in a video?
I am not saying the problem will occur for every user. Maybe it is related to the NEF format, the size of my library (which is huge), who knows. In any case I can demonstrate this problem. In the Finder you actually see the NEF file on the disk before the rotate action. Then I rotoate and the NEF file is gone. Trust me, this is correct information. I have no interest in posting false information here. Just wanted to warn.

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