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Installing ICC Profiles (Mac)

June 14, 2018 5:47 pm Leave a Comment

Our Basic Calibration service supports Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later. The following tutorial shows how to load a display calibration ICC Profile using the Mac. View the Windows version.

Mac OS X 10.6.8+

Step 1: ColorSync Utility
Step 2: Apply ICC Profile
Step 3: Login Screen

Download the Sample ICC Profiles.

Mac OS X 10.6.8+

Default ICC Profile Location: /Library/ColorSync/Profiles/Displays

Note: Some third-party apps (like screen dimming) will need to be disabled before loading a new ICC Profile (or else the computer will need to be restarted afterwards for the changes to take effect).

Step 1: ColorSync Utility

Press Command + Spacebar to open spotlight (default shortcut). Type “ColorSync Utility” and open the application.

Step 2: Apply ICC Profile

Go to the “Devices” tab and select your display. Under “Current Profile”, select “Other”.

Locate the ICC Profile and select it.

Step 3: Login Screen

Note: This is an optional step to load the ICC Profile to the computer’s login screen.

Press Command + Spacebar to open spotlight (default shortcut). Type “Directory Utility” and open the application.

Unlock the application using your administrator’s password.

Select Edit > “Enable Root User”. Create a new password for the root account.

Switch users and log in as “Other”. Type in “root” as the username and enter your newly created password.

Repeat Steps 1-2 and apply the ICC Profile in the root account, then log out.

Back in your regular user account, open the “Directory Utility” application again and unlock it.

Finally, select Edit > “Disable Root User”.

Learn how to install ICC Profiles on Windows.

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Windows 7+

Default ICC Profile Location: C:\Windows\system32\spool\drivers\color

Note: Currently with a multi-display setup, the screen mode must be set to extended (not duplicated) for the ICC Profiles to load. See Step 4.

In the start menu, type “Color Management”, then open the application.

Note: This step is only required once during initial setup.

Click on the “Advanced” tab, then click “Change system defaults”.

In the new pop-up window click on the “Advanced” tab, then check the box “Use Windows display calibration”. Finally, close the window.

Under the “Devices” tab, select the desired display. Make sure “Use my settings for this device” is checked, then click “Add”.

In the pop-up window, click “Browse” and locate the ICC Profile.

Select the ICC Profile in the list and click “Set as Default Profile”.

To enable ICC Profiles for multiple displays, right-click on the desktop and choose “Display settings”. Scroll down to “Multiple displays” and set it to “Extend these displays”.

Learn how to install ICC Profiles on a Mac.

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