Yosemite and Canon RAWs - Random "Unsupported File Format"

It all started with Yosemite betas, random raw files in Aperture would pop up with the dreaded "Unsupported File Format" graphic. I tried a lot of stuff, rebuild the library, delete prefs, etc. Nothing work. I tried exporting the raws and neither iPhoto or Preview would open them. Downloaded the LightRoom 5 trial and it opens the files fine. OK, tried Aperture on a laptop with Mavericks, the files open fine there too. So it looks like it is something in the way that MacOS is handling
Any ideas? Now with the final release of Yosemite and Aperture 3.6 trying to open one of these file just crashes the software. I can't really say I like LightRoom but if I have to move on, I guess I will.

What version of iPhoto is it?
The issue is that the OS provides RAW support, but the applications need to leverage it. Aperture 1.5.6 is old: Aperture 2.0 came out in March of 2008 so there hasn't been an update to Aperture 1.5 since 2007-ish. It is unlikely that any cameras that shipped since then will ever be supported in Aperture 1.5.x.
The improvements/advantages to going with Aperture 3.1 over 1.5 are huge (assuming you have a capable machine) and well worth it.

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I really like Aperture - but, I am totally fed up with only being able to edit a few photos before I get the dreaded red/brown screen and the message of 'Unsupported file format' This cannot be the case as they are all .tifs and I have just edited several OK. My whole day is now one of 'stop/start' and either quit or sometimes 'Force quit'. Then Aperture works fine for another short series of edits - before the same problem recurs. It wastes a lot of valuable editing time - and completely spoils the otherwise pleasurable experience of using Aperture!
I have made a lot of scans from original slides via a Nikon Coolscan 5000 - using Silverfast I have converted these from 48 bit to 24 bit. However, the file size is still large at 100MB - to get the best from the slides. I then import these .tifs into Aperture 2.1. I am using a MacBook Pro, 2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo with 4 MB RAM. I have an external 24 inch monitor. The .tif files are on an external firewire hard drive - 500 GB LaCie. My Aperture library is in my pictures folder on my MacBook Pro.
Can someone PLEASE explain how and why I can make a series of edits fine in Aperture and then suddenly I get the red/brown screen and this unsupported file format message?
Is it a memory problem? Given that I need to edit such large files is it a problem for my (powerful) MacBook Pro? Or, is it a more general problem with Aperure 2.1?
Any advice - or solutions - PLEASE

It's a bug in Aperture 2.x with large files and/or large pixel dimensions on images (not clear which). I have submitted a bug report, as should anyone who is seeing this. You'll find quite a few threads on this if you search back. The error message is frustratingly incorrect: there is nothing whatsoever unsupported or wrong with the file format, it just leads you down some dead ends in trying to find a solution while you figure that out.
I could sometimes not even work on one image before it would do this. I went from 6GB to 10GB in my Mac Pro, and now I can pretty reliably work on two images before having to restart. So that to me smells like a memory leak or memory mismanagement of some sort is at the root of this, but who knows. We're all just waiting for each next release, hoping Apple has finally found and fixed this, because as you know they don't spend a lot of time discussing what bugs they're addressing; they just show up fixed eventually (one hopes!)
If anyone chimes in here to tell you it's your fault for working with such large images, just ignore them. There were releases of 1.5 that handled these images just fine, as Aperture should. It broke with 2.x.
Duncan

My raw files go to unsupported file format when I load them in. Sony RX 100 had for one year. Never happened before.

my raw files go to unsupported file format when I load them in. Sony RX 100 camera shooting RAW had for one year. Never happened before.
Can only load the files in by running them trhough Adobe Camera RAW first and loading them as TIFFS into Aperture. JPEGs form the Sony load into Aperture just fine. Have repaired datebase, permissions ect but no change. Aperture 3.4.5 on a Power Mac. Whats up? Anyone know?

You mention that 'most' of your files are DNG. Try
running the effected files through Adobe DNG
converter again and then import your reprocessed
files to Aperture and see if the problem persists.
I had a problem with a batch of D2x files converted
to DNG which had been metadata tagged by
PhotoMechanic (the evil app).
B.T.W. You mention that you had been using Bridge.
Are you getting any of the embedded XMP metadata
coming into Aperture during the import process?
Already tried that multiple times...no luck. I'm wondering though if it might be related to metadata as you suggest. I'm still trying different things to see what happens.
I was able to alleviate the problem on one set of images by painstakingly searching my external drive for the oldest backups I could find - CR2 files from before DNG conversion. I then ran those through DNG Converter and tried importing them again (this time, I embedded NO thumbnail, but I'm not sure if that made the difference - I think it was more likely a fluke in the original conversion that caused the problem). This time, it worked.
Now, the big problem is that I still have a couple hundred images for which I can't seem to locate the original CR2 files. I don't typically keep them after conversion, as I don't have the space for both.

Does anyone know why Aperture gives me a message "unsupported File Format" when I try to import D4s RAW files?

I just got a Nikon D4s, and I use Aperture 3 ( v 3.5.1) as my primary workflow program. I am getting a message that I am trying to import a "unsupported file format".
Does anyone know if its just me, or does Apple have a fix to this problem?

Have you updated to the most recent Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 5.05? If not, run Software Update.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5955
What are your settings for the RAW format in your camera? The footnote for the RAW support for Nikon D4s reads:
†Nikon RAW L format only.
Maybe, you need to change your RAW format settings.

Export Datatable to Excel 2010 format and Save in SharePoint Document library ,and whn opening file getting error "WorkBook may be in unsupported file format "

im converting stringwriter objec to Memory stream and saving this as .xlsx uploading file in library ,but when i try to open the file im getting error as below
WorkBook may be in unsupported file format
and when trying to open in excel getting message as
Excel cannot open file because file extention or file format is not valid .verify thet the file has not been corrupted and file extensions match file format

May be you can use this approach:
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/pandeypradip/export-data-into-excel-in-a-pre-defined-template-using-strea/

Ld: file was built for unsupported file format...for architecture armv7

hi:
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ANE compile CMD:
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                    <option>-framework AdSupport</option>
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Compilation failed while executing : ld64
help me
thx

Have you Found the way to solve this problem yet?
I have got the same problem. Here is the error log when building the IPA:
ld: warning: ignoring file /var/folders/c0/m8m1_z5915qblkj9d_7jhmcw0000gn/T/3cb383e9-0092-4b1c-909f-5c219b2fbcd4/Par tytrack.framework/Partytrack, file was built for unsupported file format ( 0x56 0x65 0x72 0x73 0x69 0x6f 0x6e 0x73 0x2f 0x43 0x75 0x72 0x72 0x65 0x6e 0x74 ) which is not the architecture being linked (armv7): /var/folders/c0/m8m1_z5915qblkj9d_7jhmcw0000gn/T/3cb383e9-0092-4b1c-909f-5c219b2fbcd4/Par tytrack.framework/Partytrack
ld: warning: CPU_SUBTYPE_ARM_ALL subtype is deprecated: /Users/apple/Documents/flexsdk/flex3.9/lib/aot/lib/libDebugger1.arm-air.a(avmplusDebugger .cpp.o)
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Unsupported File Format (nokia lumia 520)

My Nokia Lumia 520 will not post pictures to social networks, transfer them to my computer, set them as my lock screen or even edit them. I purchased the phone only a couple of months ago and it was working perfectly, but then it would just come up with 'Unsupported File Format' when i tried to do anything with them. I did a full system reset, but the problem remained and I don't know what to do. I still have warranty on it and don't know wether swapping it would do any good. Please help!

Hi cjford,
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Are you still having the same issue? If so, have you tried the suggestion given by nj15? Did you reset it by going to Settings > About > Reset your phone? Are all the pictures taken from your phone's camera or came from other sources?
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The workbook that you selected cannot be opened. The workbook may be in an unsupported file format, or it may be corrupt.

Hello folk,
I am trying to create pivot tables from an SSAS cube, in excel (Windows Authentication being used) and publishing the same to a document library in sharepoint. I am publishing only 'Pivot1'(the default name of the pivot table you create) using the Excel Services options. Similar excel sheets (containing pivot tables) are getting published to the same document library in sharepoint - the only difference being that the data is not being imported from anywhere. The error :
The workbook that you selected cannot be opened.
The workbook may be in an unsupported file format, or it may be
corrupt.
Would you like to try and
open this file in Excel? which opens perfectly when opened back in Excel.
P.S. :
The event viewer also shows a file missing event logged by sharepoint i.e. - Console Configuration File Error: File Not Found: The system cannot find the file specified. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070002)
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CFZIP problems - Unsupported File Format

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I am working with files that originate via incoming emails as attachments. In CF I detach them from the emails and hand them off to other jobs for processing. Sometimes they are zipped files, and I have been using CFZIP to extract the actual data file and process it.
I started getting new files from a client and they are zipped (.ZIP file type), and if I open them from Outlook WinZip opens them just fine. If I open them in Notepad, they all start with "PK" which I have always believed to mean that they were zip (PKZIP) format, as opposed to other flavors such as GZip. But when the CF script tries to open that same file with CFZIP, it throws an Unsupported File Format error.
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I recently installed aperture, and have been organizing and editing photos on my new imac 2.66 4 GB for over a day. I had encountered a few 'unsupported file format' errors, but suddenly I cant open any thing. Quitting and rebooting have no effect. Does anyone have any ideas? Will I have to re-install and reload my photos?
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Mavericks, Aperture upgrade; the message is: unsupported file format. This for my "normal" NEF

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First, yes, all of my software is up to date ~ running Mac OS X SL 10.6.2 and Aperture 2.1.4
I just got the 7D ~ my system is set up to automatically open Aperture when card reader and/or camera is plugged in.
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Lv4Tunes wrote:when you plug your card into your card reader and then into your computer, what opens? Canon Image Browser? Digital Photo Professional? What do you do from there? How do you bring your stuff into Aperture from there?
I mount the drive to see it in the finder only.
I shoot both RAW & Jpeg the same time.
I explore the Jpeg thumbnails, skipping over the raw files which takes a little longer to load.
One main advantage doing both/
Now anyone can load the Jpegs to view, otherwise they may not have viewer or software to see RAW files.
For safety, I load the whole card file to the desktop.
From here, I pre-sort the images to a folder within.
Otherwise it's back & forth reloading the whole card file into Aperture picking out a few, and doing the process 10 - 20 more times for other images not related.
Or making mistakes along the way. A simple slip of the wrist, or happy mouse.
Now any software you chose, It can load from saved file on desktop.
**The card anytime it's put back in camera gets reformatted.
Or set aside for safe keeping until the process is complete in case of power failure and or crash.
Reformatting the card is a must in the camera vs just deleted at computer.
This might be the X crisis you see of old data mixed in.
Other Issues/
By default for years, compact flash cards & reader.
On the Canon 1DsMkII, it has two slots, CF & SD.
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Card readers are specific to SDHC.
I had a thumb drive reader for SDHC but never gave it a thought there was any difference.
Prior/
The camera smarter, picked the SD slot to record to if pulling & replacing CF.
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Hi
I have a Canon 30d, looking at buying a Ipod 30gig to use as a back up whilst shooting and filling a 1 gig cf card rather than keep buying cf cards...
Will the ipod accept the raw files? and will I be able to view the photos ie can an ipod read canon raw file format??
thanks
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Hi
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