IPhoto Library sharing in raw format

I share my iPhoto library on a MacBookPro in my local network. They are mostly in raw format. However, on my iMac, when looking at pictures from my MacBookPro, they are shown as jpegs, not raws.
Can I somehow modify the sharing preferences - or whatever it is that makes this happen - to share raw photos in their original format?

yeah, I can follow you there, it may not make sense for a lot of people to share raws. On the other hand, the option to do that would do no harm as far as I know so from my point of view it comes as lack of functionality.
I could understand it if apple says, this option is reserved for our pro app and not the consumer one, that's why I was asking about aperture.
It's just that I don't want to organize my library and that of my wife that much. It would be quite handy if I could just share my pictures as they are and where they are and not having to export / import / convert them.
So this might not be my way then. I think I'll have a look into iPhoto sharing a library among multiple users, maybe that works for me.
Thanks for your insights, i appreciate you taking the time.
Cheers,
SonicBusty

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