No RAW files from iPhoto 9

I have a Canon 5D Mark ll and iLife 09.. At first iPhoto would not accept RAW files; then a friend fixed the situation and it did. Now, once again, iPhoto says the RAW files are unrecognized in that format. The JPEGS download just fine. Any insight anyone?

Thanks, everyone, for your responses.
After an hour at the Apple Store Genius Bar and the thoughts of three different Geniuses, my problem was solved. I had changed from shooting the largest RAW files to smaller RAW files; apparently, iPhoto only accepts the largest RAW files. Too, there's a firmware update, hjell, that you might want to check out. You have to go on the Canon website to get it. This firmware is very recent, I think: 1.0.7; if you have anything less that might be your problem. Good luck!

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