Nikon RAW Files turn purple (while JPEGs unchanged)

Only recently, not sure if it coincided with an update, my MacBook mis-converts most, but seemingly not all, Nikon (from a D7000) RAW files. It appears to do it in iPhoto and also in the browser, although all of the thumbnails and JPEGs look correct.
It's driving me crazy and I have no idea how to try to fix it.

There seems to be a bug in the last camera raw update that's causing this on some systems
Let Apple know
iPhoto Menu -> Provide iPhoto Feedback
In the meantime revert to the previous one. See here for more:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5269207?tstart=0

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The appended Apple Preview screenshot shows the difference in the JPEGs made with CS5 and CS6.
(1) Top Red: CS5 JPEG from image processor.
(2) Middle Purple: CS6 JPEG from image processor. It looks purple in Bridge, Camera Raw, and Photoshop.
(3) Bottom Red: Nikon Raw file as seen by Apple Preview.
I append an example of what my files look like in CS6 Bridge. Each pair of images should look the same, but CS6 makes the NEF raw images look purple. The left is the raw NEF file and the right is the JPEG that was produced from the raw file. There is no visible difference between NEF and JPEG images in CS5.
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10.6.8
CS6:
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Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw 7.3.0.71
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See this post for complaints similar to yours:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1021&message=36291975&changemode=1
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I have raised this with Apple but they have yet to reply...has anyone ever experienced this? I have used my Mac book for 18months only noticed it about 5 days ago!
I went to Apple store and we tried it in other laptops and Macs and it happened to all of them so we think this is a software issue and not down to the laptop.
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i set 'Saturation +2' and 'contrast +2' in My camera.
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EXTRA INFO YOU MAY NEED ::
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imrul_idl_rifles wrote:
i set 'Saturation +2' and 'contrast +2' in My camera.
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Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
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