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April 10, 2019
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HOW TO MOVE MONITOR PROFILE INTO El CAPITAN 10.11

i'm stumped

macOS El Capitan 10.11.6

how does one drag a monitor profile into System> Library> ColorSync> Profiles

so i can use it in Photoshop CS6

or what am i missing

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    rob day
    rob dayCorrect answer
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    April 12, 2019

    On OSX monitor profiles should be saved in:

    StartupDrive/Library/ColorSync/Profiles/Displays

    You have to select the correct profile (which should be the profile generated during the most recent calibration) in System Preferences>Displays>Color for it to be used in Adobe’s color management.

    Color managed Adobe applications then automatically use the selected system monitor profile to convert color for your display—you shouldn’t normally use a monitor profile as an editing space in Photoshop. When you edit an Adobe RGB profiled document there is a conversion from AdobeRGB to Lab to your monitor profile for the soft proof display. Same with a CMYK, if the document is assigned GRACol Coated, there is a conversion from the source GRACol profile to Lab to your RGB monitor profile.

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    rob day
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    rob dayCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    April 12, 2019

    On OSX monitor profiles should be saved in:

    StartupDrive/Library/ColorSync/Profiles/Displays

    You have to select the correct profile (which should be the profile generated during the most recent calibration) in System Preferences>Displays>Color for it to be used in Adobe’s color management.

    Color managed Adobe applications then automatically use the selected system monitor profile to convert color for your display—you shouldn’t normally use a monitor profile as an editing space in Photoshop. When you edit an Adobe RGB profiled document there is a conversion from AdobeRGB to Lab to your monitor profile for the soft proof display. Same with a CMYK, if the document is assigned GRACol Coated, there is a conversion from the source GRACol profile to Lab to your RGB monitor profile.

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    gator soupAuthor
    Inspiring
    April 12, 2019

    On OSX monitor profiles should be saved in:

    >>>StartupDrive/Library/ColorSync/Profiles/Displays

    good one rob day

    thank you for coming in and getting my post corrected

    since when i posted, it would not work for me on the System directory you pointed me to

    i reinstalled 10.11.6 on top of my install and ran Cocktail over that for an Energy Saver issue

    that preserved my full working install and put me right back to work

    NOW THE PROFILE DRAG & DROP WORKS AS EXPECTED AS ROB DAY OUTLINED (it's giving me an option to Authenticate the move) - FOR ALL USERS (it being in my System Library Vs User Library)

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    Conrad_C
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    April 12, 2019

    https://forums.adobe.com/people/gator+soup  wrote

    since when i posted, it would not work for me on the System directory you pointed me to

    I think this is because Apple changed the recommended default location for user-generated profiles. It used to be that they would go in the system-level ColorSync folder, but now, my profiling software always saves them into the current user account's ColorSync folder.

    https://forums.adobe.com/people/gator+soup  wrote

    (it's giving me an option to Authenticate the move) - FOR ALL USERS (it being in my System Library Vs User Library)

    Good that it's working for you now. The authentication requirement is one of the clues that Apple no longer wants us to put user profiles at the system level. I don't know why, and I don't know of any negative side effects from doing it anyway. But I no longer put profiles at the root level unless I really do need all user accounts to see the same profile.

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    NB, colourmanagement
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    April 10, 2019

    Hi,

    i can’t imagine why it’s a problem but it’s rather important to mention that it may not be worth doing anyway - the monitor display profile characterises not only display and video card. The character of the display system is sometimes altered by a new operating system. So, effectively the OS is characterised too.

    so, in short my recommendation would be to make a new sensor based display profile.

    HIH

    neil barstow

    colourmanagement.net

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    gator soupAuthor
    Inspiring
    April 11, 2019

    thanks, neil, it's a problem because the OS is not letting me do it

    i'm pretty sure the eye-one display 2 Xrite - i1match package is incompatible with the new OS - and i don't have money for a new package

    i've had ok luck just moving the profiles i made in 10.6.8 to newer systems - and copying them to the profiles folder has never locked me out before

    still stumped...

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    gator soupAuthor
    Inspiring
    April 11, 2019

    okay

    with Finder running

    GO (push/hold Option key) drop down to Library> ColorSync> Profiles (drag and drop the profile here)

    it worked

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