Importing RAW instead of JPEG

I shoot in RAW, but when I import my Nikon NEF files on my mac, they convert automatically to jpegs and I lose some editing options.  How can I import NEF files as RAW?

You are in the wrong forum, this is the forum for LR problems
In the meantime, are you importing the files from a card via a card reader? Are you using a recent version of LR that supports you camera? Check that your camera is supported. If the files are already on a hard disk (as you say you have already imported them using a different application) do they show up in LR's import dialog and if so what is the error message shown when trying to import the RAW files. You say you have exported them from iphoto, this may have changed the original format. iPhoto is not a non destructive editor in the way LR is, you need the original files in the original format.

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    Message was edited by: Sheryl Kingstone

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    hope this helps,
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