Check with the manufacturer, possibly by visiting their website, to see if a Mac OS format ColorSync profile is already available for the device. If not, ColorSync uses the standard ICC (International Color Consortium) format to store its profiles, so you should be able to use a similar DOS/Windows formatted file by using the following instructions:
1. If the profile is part of a larger software install package, it may actually be in a compressed format. If this is the case, try installing the display software on a computer running Windows, then locate the individual decompressed profile on the Windows hard drive to transfer to the Mac OS computer. Stuffit Expander will also decompress zip (.zip) and self-extracting archives (.exe) of some DOS/Windows formats directly on the Mac if DropStuff is also installed. Stuffit Expander and DropStuff are included with Mac OS 8.x systems in the Internet Utilities folder.
2. You will need to convert the generic file to the ColorSync profile filetype in order for it to be properly recognized by the ColorSync control panel. You can do this with ResEdit, or third party utilities, but you can also do it with AppleScript. A sample AppleScript is included at the bottom of this article.
3. You will need to drag the converted ICC profile into the ColorSync profiles folder of your active System Folder. The profile should then show up in the ColorSync control panel listing.
To create an AppleScript which will convert generic ICC profiles to the ColorSync profile type, cut and paste the text below into the Script Editor application. Save the script as run only. Dragging files onto this application will convert them to recognized ColorSync profiles.
on open (these_items)
tell application "Finder"activate
repeat with this_item in these_itemsset the creator type of this_item to "sync"
set the file type of this_item to "prof"
end repeat
end tell
end open
For more information about ColorSync, visit Apple's ColorSync website at
http://www.apple.com/colorsync.
For more information about AppleScript, visit Apple's AppleScript website at
http://www.apple.com/applescript.