I have an iMac Pro 2017 and a late 2019 MBP both on macOS 10.15.4 and I can't see the thumbnail previews of the .arw files from Sony a7r IV from the finder. I have no problem in seeing the thumbnail previews from Sony a7R III, so the issue is camera related. The Sony a7r IV is a supported camera on Catalina though, so I really don't know what to do.
Any help would be appreciated
Best regards
iMac Pro, macOS 10.15
Despite being supported the Finder will not create thumbnails for the files. I don't know if it will be fixed. A workaround would be to create DNG versions using Adobe DNG Converter which you could see.
Yes that's the camera. I can see the previews (hitting the spacebar or opening with preview) but not the thumbnails. It must be a bug then. I will probably need to contact Apple directly and hope that this issue will be fixed in later updates.
Thanks a lot for all the feedback
Yes, as I mentioned there is something else going on and it's also been discussed previously.
Sony .ARW RAW thumbnails not showing in F… - Apple Community
Thanks a lot for your time and your efforts but as a working photographer I have to deal with a lot of pictures. Making a DNG for each shot would be too time consuming for my workflow. And let's not talk about the extra HDD space because I would not delete the original raws. I'll have to wait for Apple to fix the issue then. If ever...
Thanks again
As so…
Is your camera the same as the Sony Alpha ILCE-7R IV? If it is then it is supported by Catalina and there's something else going on.
You're welcome. Adobe's DNG converter will batch convert them all fairly quickly but you're right, it would consume disk space. As far as an Apple fix, it most likely wouldn't occur until macOS 10.16. I don't know if it will help but XnView MP will display the photos in a gallery form without conversion.
I can't view Sony a7r IV raw files thumbnails
