Does Darktable support Apple DNG files?

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Hi,

I am using iPhone 14 Pro and images are in DNG. When importing these DNG to Darktable, I can view them on Lighttable but double clicking them won’t allow me to edit them on Darktable. Does Darktable support DNG from iPhone?

Tried chatgpt/deepseek etc, very vague replies.

Thanks in advance.

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The release notes and the camera support page say no currently.

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Hi, maybe DNG converter could help?

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Hmmm. I edit my iPhone 13 Pro Max dngs with darktable. I shoot them with the Halide app (non-free), usually - IDK whether that has anything to do with it.

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Indeed, Halide app DNGs (and possibly some other apps’) are different from “native” Apple ProRAW DNGs.

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Thanks all for your replies. Very helpful!!

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Thanks

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I’ve asked this and revisited it for a few years now. It has been submitted, with samples, for inclusion for a long time. It does seem rather odd, since other sister applications (Digikam) have been able to read them despite a couple of iterations of dt. @manu’s suggestion for using the external DNG Converter step is the current workaround.