Sony .ARW files in Elements 10

Hello,
I have Photoshop Elements 10 installed on my Macbook Pro and have been unable to edit my .ARW files from my Sony A77II as it informs me that it does not recognise this type of file. PSE has the ACR 6.5 Plug-In running, but I was unable to update this to ACR 8.6, which is the version that recognises my camera. Is there any way that I can update PSE10 so that I will be able to edit my files? If not, does anyone have any solutions as to what I should do?
Thanks,
Alex

Hi,
If you don't want to update to PSE 13, you could download/install the free Adobe DNG converter 8.6. Use the converter to convert the ARW files to DNG files which can then be used by PSE 10.
DNG Converter 8.6
Windows: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/detail.jsp?ftpID=5825
MAC: http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/thankyou.jsp?ftpID=5824&fileID=5839
Brian

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