How do I install Rec. ITU-R BT.709.5 color profile on my MacBook Pro?

You cannot install color profiles into the read-only protected System ColorSync Profiles folder, but you can put that ITU profile in a local Library ColorSync Profiles location, and the ColorSync utility will find it there and list it among other System profiles.

The profile should be intended for Mac and must have the .icc extension on the filename. Click the Desktop to wake up the Finder, and then press shift+cmd+G to open the Go To Folder panel. Copy/Paste the following path content into that dialog and click GO.

~/Library/ColorSync

This will open a new Finder window on your local Library's ColorSync folder. If there is already a Profiles sub-folder present, then drag and drop your ITU color profile into it. If no Profiles folder is present, then right-click in that Finder window and choose New Folder from the contextual menu. Name it Profiles (using that case). Now, drag and drop the ITU profile into the Profiles folder, and close the Finder window.

Now, when you launch the ColorSync Utility, the new ITU profile should appear when you click the Profiles toolbar icon of the ColorSync Utility.

What happens in System Preferences > Displays > Color panel > [ ] Show profiles for this display only? This will show all color profiles, and I would hope your newly added ITU-R BT.709.5 will be present.

Hi there Imagine,

Great question, and one we'd like to help answer as best we can.

Being able to download color profiles is something that third parties, like Adobe, offer for their customers.

Just in case, this article shows how to Change a device’s color profile using ColorSync Utility on Mac.

Take care!

You are welcome. Did it work for you?