Photos not importing RAW files from my Nikon Z6

According to this Apple document, Digital camera RAW formats supported by iOS 12 and macOS Mojave - Apple Support, both the Nikon Z6 and Canon EOS R are supported. But one must be running Mojave.

You can see which RAW formats your Mac supports by looking at the System Information/Software/Raw Support section of the info report:

And Apple has never supported the RAW format for each and every camera. The RAW support page for Aperture (Aperture 3 - Technical Specifications ) says "Wide Support for Raw Support for Leading Cameras". For example, over the years I have owned five different Lumix cameras, but only two of them, the top models, had RAW support by Apple at all.

But usually the Canon and Nikon cameras would get RAW support by Apple, as Keith said, because these brands are frequently used by professional photographers. But it is no way guaranteed, that every camera model will be supported. If I can afford to wait, before I buy a new camera, I wait, until the RAW support is out for the model I want, or I pick a camera that is supported.

The RAW support page for Mojave (Digital camera RAW formats supported by iOS 12 and macOS Mojave - Apple Support) rephrased the introductory sentence to "iOS and macOS include system-level support for RAW images taken by many cameras." But it still does not promise RAW support for all cameras.

The list of currently supported cameras is here:Digital camera RAW formats supported by iOS 12 and macOS Mojave - Apple Support

I do not see a Nikon Z6 on this list.

The Apple Photos team has nothing to do with it. This is an OS thing.

Also, unlike Aperture back in the day, we have no idea whether anyone on the development team reads here. You need to send feedback.

It depends. Every camera is different, so they cannot just use the same RAW processing. While the cameras are very similar, subtle differences require separate RAW handling.

It is unclear just how much Nikon has to be involved. I believe Adobe does everything from scratch.

As of today, Raw files from my Z6 are imported and processed both on my Mac and my iPad.

I can’t find any release notes, software update, or other info on this on Apple’s site, though, but nevertheless the functionality is suddenly there.

According the the Raw Support section of my System Information report the Nikon Z7 is supported in Mojave 10.14.1

Oh, it will get supported, Canons and Nikon's always are, the question is when. (The Canon EOS R is not supported yet either)

Weird. I wonder if Nikon quickly added the Z6 - and did not share one with Apple - to compete directly with the new EOS R.

It's not Apple that has to get its act together, its Nikon. They need to get the coding to Apple so Apple can include it in its next update. So go to the Nikon site and bug them.