I noticed that Mavericks completely changed the colors of my Late 2012 iMac.
Colors are now oversaturated and the screen has more contrast in general.
This is totally unacceptable for me, because I always use my iMac as a reference monitor for video editing or image processing.
Is there a way to bring the color profile of mountain lion back? Colors looked much more physical.
Thanks.
iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9)
If u had an indivdual profile it is lost now unless you have a TimeMachine backup.
Try to go to Settings>Monitor>Colors to change the color-profile.
I didn't have an individual profile. I had the default one. I'm not even sure if it's a color profile issue.
Well I would try to change the color-profile. Maybe you had a RGB profile and you didnt even knew it.
If it doesnt solve your problem try to restore a TimeMachine backup (back to Mountain Lion) and test if it fix your problem. Or make a clean install of Mavericks.
Mathek, I had the default color profile. It looked amazing!
It also happend to my MacBook Air.
If you google it, you'll see a lot of people are having this issue. It's not easy to spot, but if you work with colors then it's more than noticeable.
It seems like Apple has hardcoded the saturation level on Mavericks to much the iOS colors by increasing saturation and overall contrast.
There are before-after images if you google it.
This is insane!
Now I have to calibrate a display that is famous for it's calibration and true tones.
I don't need colors to "pop", I need true, physical colors so that I can deliver my work correctly.
I hope they fix this with an update soon.
stupidly i saw the maverick free download and thougth ok.
after 43 mins to install and restart couldnt believe what i saw. i\'m a photographer so scren accuracy very important and after installing maverick it was bright, washed out f**ked up totally.
why does apple not test then realise not realise and leave us mac users to sort out the mess.
now i have to start from scratch to restore my screen. if i didnt have so much mac stuff i would happily walkk away. mr jobs would not have let this happen.
bloody ridiculous.
Totale agree. APPLE FIX THAT, and learn that While I OS is a OS for Who have to post useless Facebook status and send tits on whatsapp, OS X must be a OS for professial work!
Hi guys,
I had the same problem, and I was so ****** off by that, im a photographer and this is a huge problem for anybody working with images.
I agree with all of you, this is not professional at all.
Thanks
I noticed this within seconds on Mavericks install completing. I too work with photographs and so need a true town monitor - aside from that though the overly bright colours are giving me a headache.
I really hope Apple sort this as I don't see why I should have to set up a custom profile to achieve correct colouring.
At the very least they should give 2 'default' profiles, a 'true' and a 'pop' version!
hi everybody,
I just realize one good thing, this problem doesn't affect the whole screen, I think is more some parts of the software, like Icons and so. I just open the Lightroom 5 and pictures looks the same, (or 98% the same) not noticeable, but yes, the icons look so saturated.
So, still bad and I hope that Apple will fix it, but at least doesn't affects the whole system.
cheers.
I think you are right. Similar thread here https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5475776?answerId=23560173022#23560173022
Sigh. I guess no-one has a work-around yet.
I just had to hand over a graphic to the developer (I'm a designer) to try and fix a subtle glow because I simply couldn't see the difference. How humiliating.
My MBP is my sole design computer. And while I know I likely should have researched more before, frankly, I trusted Apple. No more.
I have had so many issues with this "upgrade". "You get what you pay for" continually repeats in my head.
Yes, this is a pain for our color-critical work.
But then, for color critical work we should be using calibrated external displays--when we can. There are plenty of times, however, when we need rely upon our MBPs. Speaking of which: has anyone succeded in calibrating an external display driven by Mavericks?
Hi,
I had a similar issue, maybe the same. So there is a few things that you shoud check before calibration and profiling.
- Accesibility option (turn off everything, and move sliders to normal)
- Disaplays (Turn off Automaticlay adjust brightness)
Then you proceed to calibration and profiling process
Try This. System Pref. select color and uncheck show profiles for this display only and select Color lcd. I think this is the old setting for graphic designers and photography.
I have been a PC user my whole life, and I just got a 2011 MacBook this week with Mavericks installed, and this was the first thing I noticed; Being a photographer as well, this was completely unacceptable for me. The way I fixed this was I went into the System Performance and selected Displays, clicked on Colors, unchecked "Show Profiles for This Display Only", and I selected Apple RGB. The difference was immensely better!
Mavericks changed the saturation levels and contrast
