Mac ColorSync Calibrator and the Eye-One Display 2...

<p>I'm running Snow Leopard on a new iMac. Do I need to disable or remove the Mac ColorSync Calibrator before calibrating the monitor with an Eye-One Display 2? If so, how do I go about doing that.</p>

<p>Mac ColorSync Calibrator? You mean in System Prefs>Display? No. </p>

<p>Yes (maybe). I think System Prefs>Display is where the monitor profile will show up and where it can be selected and applied from.<br>

In Steinmueller/Gulbins new e-book "Digital Photography Workflow Handbook" they wrtie:<br>

"...Photoshop for Windows includes the Adobe Gamma utility for calibrating monitors. Mac OS X includes a similar utility called ColorSync Calibrator".<br>

Under Windows I used to disable Adobe Gamma in the start menu before calibrating with the Eye-One Display but my new Mac does not offer this option. The purpose is to avoid double profiling the monitor<br>

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<p>All the "calibration" assistant built into OS X does is help you build an ICC profile by eyeball. There's nothing going on behind the scenes like Adobe Gamma, nothing running, and nothing to unload.</p>

<p>You're good to go.</p>

<p>as indicated, no, you dont have to remove or turn off anything. there are no background processes like Adobe Gamma on the Mac.</p>

<p>One thing you should know and check is to verify that the system is the color profile you just created. this is done using the ColorSync Utility under the Devices tab. Name your profiles something meaningful (with date string) and I personally keep them local (ie. /User/me/Library/ColorSync/Profiles) instead of system-wide.</p>