Lightroom5 not recognising Nikon D300s RAW files

Hi, I have recently upgraded to a new iMac running OSx Mavericks. Lightroom 5 is not recognising my Nikon d300s raw files (NEF). According to everything I have read on the net it should as Lightroom is brand new and up to date.
Any advice.?
Thanks

They all show up in the preview view finder but then I get the error message "The following files were not imported because they could not be read" with a list of the files underneath.
This is the first time I have used Lightroom 5 with the D300s... having just changed computers and upgraded from Lightroom 4. I have also now found out I can't download JPegs either!?!?!? You know that feeling when you think "if it isn't broken don't fix it" that's how I'm feeling right now about buying the new computer and software!!

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