LR5.7.1 no longer sees NEF files?

Last week,  I upgraded LR to 5.7.1, since then LR will not, I repeat will not import NEF files!  It imported NEF files prior to that upgrade with no problems.  LR says the NEF files are "read only".  Which isn't true because I imported the same NEF files with Aperture onto a (Mac) laptop.  When I saved those NEF files as jpeg using Aperture,  then I was able to import them to LR.  I don't understand why LR is all of a sudden not able to import NEF files.

On your greyed out photos, is there a ! or ? on the top right of any photo?  If so, right click on it and LR will ask if you want to find the missing photo, say yes and it will point to the folder that photo is in.  It wll also bring in other photos close by.
Your Mac may be full, and it doesnt have room to 'work' so you can see the greyed photos in LR but not use them.  It happenned to me a couple years ago so I stored photos onto an external drive, which filled up and I recently had to get a larger one.  My recent issue arose when I upgraded to Yosemite and then LR 5.7.1.  The file sharing permissions were changed in the upgrade.
To set permissions On your Mac, go to finder > file> get info.  The info window comes up and at the bottom is where you will find sharing/permissions. 
Unlock the lock,  make changes, there is also a little wheel at the bottom left of the window underneath permissions, apply changes >lock the lock and close the window.
When you get an external storage drive, do the same as aformentioned right after you install it.
Then, On your Mac, Move your LR5 catalog to the new storage.
Then open up LR and point LR to the storage location.  (The new storage device will show up on the left side of the LR window.)
(Scott Kelby wrote in his LR3 manual that if you are taking pictures and storing them on your Mac, you will eventually need to move them to an external storage device especially if you take a lot of photos)

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