Color Profile problem

Unsure, but why not calibrate it? You can generate your own and call it "Color LCD."

The Color LCD profile would normally be in your /Library/ColorSync/Displays directory.

How did you upgrade?

Please check this KB.

I'm having major problem with my color profiles after installing 10.6
Everytime when I try to create a profile through the calibration option (within System Preferences - Dispays) the colorprofile resets itself just before the calibration process is finished. Also when I use the Eye-One Match calibration program the ColorProfile resets itself after I reboot...
Whats happening!!

I'm having the same problem. During the Color Calibration, at the end of the process the calibrator resets itself to the 'default' calibration shown at the login window.

If I use any of the presets, or any of my earlier calibrations, they work fine within the operating system once logged in--but the color profile of the login window does not change.

In Leopard, choosing a color profile whilst logged in would also change the color profile of the login window. That no longer seems to be the case. How does one change the 'default' color profile for the login window.

Incidentally, I am the only user of this computer, and this is the only account on the computer. I have full Admin rights.

I did a full re-instal of snow loapard (even zero'd out the data), but I still have a BIG PROBLEM with my colorprofiles.

"During the Color Calibration, at the end of the process the calibrator resets itself to the 'default' calibration shown at the login window"

I work in a photostudio and all my computers with snow leopard are unable to keep their colorprofiles; We are in a major crisis here!!!

I noticed this myself upon installing Snow Leopard and I really don't like it. The "Display" profile is terrible and makes the "60% better display" of the new MacBook Pro seem more like an old, washed-out LCD. I only loaded 10.6 up to see what it was like, but will soon be going back to 10.5 until things improve as I'm not impressed by what I've seen so far. I'm sure things will improve, but it will be most likely 10.6.4 (much like it was with Leopard) before things are as they should be (QuickTime X, anyone?).

Monitor profiles with Spyder2 work fine. Used latest update to software.

I had the same with SL as well I've found so far the generic profile works for otherwise screen is so washed out, what gives I even had the old setting from 10.5 but 10.6 yak!

Just to add my story:

Upgraded yesterday and noticed the icons in the Dock looked all washed out. Got out my Eye One monitor calibrator. Calibrated it. And no change. The overall appearance of the finder windows looks flat and washed-out. Another thing is the Coloured buttons for minimizing and closing the windows, all look grey and flat too.

Then, when I restarted it, and every time I boot up now, I get the Eye One Match warning, telling me it cannot locate the ICC profile for my monitor (NEC 2690WUXI2).

I use Photoshop on a daily basis and having the screen correctly profiled is very important.

Incidentally, I also have an old Samsung as a second monitor and that looks VERY bright.

I hope Apple or Gretag Macbeth can sort this out soon.

I installed Snow Leopard on my iMac on Friday and everything went smooth. Figured I go onto upgrading my MacBook Pro. This didn't go so well!

I also had a problem with color profiles. After Snow Leopard installed, the screen was washed out & had a strong blue tint! I tried a calibration, but it really didn't help much. It was defaulting to the "Display" profile. It looked better with the "Color LCD" profile, but that only applied after I would log in. So I'd have to put up with the crappy look in the login screen, and I'd have to change it manually in both my kids accounts. Tried to delete the "Display" profile, but after a reboot, it reappeared again as the default.

I decided to use my fresh SuperDuper backup, and restore back to 10.5 for now. I'll just have to use 10.6 on my iMac, and hope Apple does something to fix the color profile problem that some Macs seem to have with Snow Leopard.

If you want to recalibrate a color profile make sure the expert mode is checked prior to calibrating. The expert mode check box shows after you click the "calibrate" button. Unfortunately the TV mode I set is not as good as the old one and I hope it can be added again with the next version.

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You may all want to take a look at this:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2134555&tstart=0

I posted this topic, it also opens the "Display" profile and the "Color LCD" profile data so that you can see the changes. You'll be quite surprised.

I did a straight upgrade to SL and maintain a calibrated monitor (23" Cinema Display) for my photography. I did a calibration shortly after the upgrade using Eye-One Display 2 and the software associated with the hardware. I always use the Advanced method. The profile was created and appears under Library>ColorSync>Profiles and under Sys Pref's Display>color the new profile is shown as what's being used and given a comparison with several test images I use I have no reason to doubt the Profile is correct. The bug is when you reboot, the Eye-One Match software gives a warning that no color profile exists and one should be created. I've sent a note to X-Rite's support site and will be interested to see their response.

Can anyone tell me if this is a problem specific to MacBooks, new MacBook Pros, all computers, or what? And does everyone with these computers get the color problems?

Because we have one white MacBook, one aluminum iMac, and one white iMac, and I want to know what to expect.