Importing Raw (.nef) files.

Hi there...
I have recently purchased a 27" 5k iMac... awesome! However as a wedding photographer I am having a major headache trying to import my nikon raw files into the new computer. I have uploaded the Nikon Capture NX2 software but the computer is still saying that the files cannot be read, showing me an error code -36. Have spoken to Apple & they have said its an Adobe problem, as Lightroom isn't recognising the file format, but I can't import the images to the iMac desktop either. Any advice welcome:)

This is a LightRoom issue if that is the app you use. Aperture is the same way, if you used Aperture and the files would not import then the finger would be pointed at Aperture.
Sorry but that's how it is. Contact Adbobe, see if they provide Raw support for your camera and version of LR you have installed and then begin trouble shooting the issue. This is not an OS X, iMac or otherwise an Apple issue.

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OK. WOW!
One by one! Larry, Terence and Old Toad,
Thank you, all of you, for your helpful replies.
Firstly, I am a little confused between Larry and Terence; sounds like opposite info. Is it?
Old Toad, Now I know about this easy way to do this. I have, at least, 1T+20,000 more images, some of which I will import into my new 750 gig Macbook Pro, so this seems easy. (Already over 30,000 images. Can iPhoto hold so much???)
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