Colorsync Utility

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Use ColorSync Utility to view installed color profiles on your Mac. When you install devices, such as cameras, displays, or printers, a color profile containing the color capabilities and limits for each device is created. In the ColorSync Utility app on your Mac, click Profiles in the toolbar of the ColorSync Utility window. ColorSync utility ColorSync is one of the tools that Mac OS X has as default. Its main objective is to maintain color consistency, both in primary devices (screen, camera, printers, scanners) and in the different ICC profiles installed.

Colorsync Utility Mac

  • Storing profiles in /Library/ColorSync/Profiles allows all users to use them. An alternative area, for users without Admin privileges, is /Users/<username>/Library/ColorSync/Profiles. Profiles stored here are available only to the current user. The ColorSync Utility gives access to the details of individual profiles, shows gamut plots, can rename profiles, validates profile structure, among other useful tasks.
  • OSX 10.7.3 (Lion) and above: The system profile folder is hidden by default. Storing profiles in this folder is possible, but requires following the steps described here.
  • OSX 10.9 (Mavericks) and above: Depending on the printer profile, individual system configuration, and perhaps the phase of the moon, Adobe products (e.g. Photoshop, Lightroom - and particularly the Creative Cloud or CS6 versions) sometimes refuse to recognize profiles installed outside an Adobe-specific location. If a printer profile installed to either the system or per-user folder does not show up from within an Adobe product, move the profile to /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Color/Profiles/Recommended. A reboot may be required for the profile to be visible from within the Adobe application.
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