Mac OS X 10.5.8 'Includes Additional RAW Image Support'

With today’s digital cameras offering options to save pictures in digital camera RAW format, Apple provides system-level support for such formats in Mac OS X Leopard and adds new cameras with each incremental update to the operating system. Such is the case with Mac OS X 10.5.8, which adds camera support included with the latest Digital Camera Raw Compatibility Update, version 2.6.

In a Support document entitled “Mac OS X 10.5: Digital camera RAW formats supported” Apple offers Mac users a method to find out which digital camera RAW files are supported by Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard or later. “Many digital cameras offer options to save pictures in digital camera RAW format,” the Mac maker says. “Digital camera RAW formats retain more image information than JPEGs and can produce better results when used with imaging applications such as Aperture and iPhoto,” Apple explains. As such, “Mac OS X Leopard provides OS-wide support for various digital camera RAW formats.

Affecting Mac OS X 10.5, Aperture, iPhoto, formats supported by Digital Camera Raw Compatibility Update 2.6 include: Canon EOS 500D; Canon EOS Kiss Digital X3; Canon Rebel T1i; Nikon D5000; Olympus E-30.

Supported by Mac OS X 10.5.7 are the following cameras, Apple says: Canon EOS 5D Mark II; Canon EOS 50D; Canon PowerShot G10; Epson R-D1x; Pentax K2000/K-m; Leaf AFi-II 6; Leaf AFi-II 7; Leaf Aptus-II 6; Leaf Aptus-II 7; Leica M8.2; Nikon D3X; Nikon Coolpix P6000; Nikon D90; Sony DSLR-A900. Cameras supported by Mac OS X 10.5.5 and earlier are also listed in Apple’s support document (HT3606), available here.

Mac owners can download Mac OS X 10.5.8, the eighth incremental update to Leopard, right here on Softpedia.

Download Mac OS X 10.5.8 Client (Free)

Download Mac OS X 10.5.8 Server (Free)

Download Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 2.6 (Free)