ICC Profiles: How do I install?

Prior to Yosemite I had no difficulties installing ICC profiles, i.e., after downloading the print paper manufacturer's ICC profile, I would drag and drop it into the ColorSync profiles folder accessed through Library>ColorSync>Profiles. But now? There's no such thing, apparently and no instructional reference that I can find anywhere on the entire WWW.


How do I do it now? I've already spent at least two hours trying to find a way on my own after opening the ColorSync Utility in 10.10.2. I find no provision for importing or otherwise placing a new icc in ColorSync; the closest I've come is to open ColorSync: Profiles>Other>Library/Printers>EPSON/InkjetPrinters, where I'm presented with all the icc profiles that came with the Epson printer driver... but it won't accept a new icc profile by drag-and-drop or any other way I can see. As for "Library", it doesn't seem to exist anymore, other than a "library" located somewhere after finding it with the "find" function; it contains a few folders of unrelated obscure files.


I am extremely frustrated and irritated.

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014), OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Feb 13, 2015 12:02 PM

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Feb 16, 2015 6:17 AM in response to Aeroneous

Users Library is hidden by default, since OS X 10.7 Lion.

however in finder if you click on the Go menu and press on the alt/option key, you will find it appears, click and you will get access to it.


to have this visible permanently, click on Go scroll down to Home, click. then go to View/ Show View Options and click the button 'show

library folder'


Profiles can also be found in Macintosh HD/Library/Colorsync, and in Macintosh HD/System/Library/Colorsync.

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Feb 16, 2015 3:13 PM in response to Aeroneous

Rather than using the hidden Library folder in your user account, put the profiles in the root /Library/ColorSync/Profiles/ folder. Then all user accounts on that Mac will have access to one set of profiles. No need to copy the same files to each individual user account. Drag and drop them into the folder, and then enter your admin password to allow the copy to complete.

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