best display profile for imac 2013

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best display profile for imac 2013

Somehow my old iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012) with NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 512 MB screen now displays as paled colored with a grayish dull look, after upgrading software to the now OS X El Capitan version 10.11.6. Tried several older "display profiles" and missing beveled indentations between Safari open tabs with poor display, as if playing an old technicolor film. Anyone has a good display profile I can use to turn my iMac back to intended color display again? All the letters are pale and not sharp, but worst part is the color is so dull now.

iMac 21.5″, OS X 10.11

Posted on May 11, 2021 9:29 PM

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den.thed

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May 12, 2021 9:12 AM in response to FoodCritic

Go to > Apple > System Preferences > Accessibility > Display and make sure that the Display contrast: is set to Normal.
I’ve always found the iMac display profile to be light and washed out for the older iMac’s. I would try one of the Adobe RGB, Generic RGB or other sRGB profiles.

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Old Toad

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May 12, 2021 3:32 PM in response to FoodCritic

If the various color profiles don't help (I use sRGB IEC61966-2.1) go to the System/Display/Color/Calibrate preference pane and go thru the process of calibrating the display. You should be able to minimize any color contamination of the screen.

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babowa

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May 11, 2021 9:34 PM in response to FoodCritic

Have you checked with Apple support to see if there might be a problem with the screen or graphics card? The computer is going on 9 years old. You can use the link in the upper right corner of this page.

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Jack-19

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May 11, 2021 9:32 PM in response to FoodCritic

Hi FoodCritic,

The best display profile is the "iMac" display profile.

Cheers,

Jack

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FoodCritic Author

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May 12, 2021 11:53 AM in response to den.thed

The contrast 👍 also changed General Appearance to BLUE on buttons etc.

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FoodCritic Author

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May 12, 2021 6:38 PM in response to Old Toad

Now I have time to take a look, I already did calibrated to D65 (the best on my eyes). The suggestion to change Accessibility by #den.thed seems to have worked to have clearer "definition" on separation of tabs, and check boxes, and slight change to brighter color." Thanks!

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