Multiple Color Profiles

I returned my Dell notebook today because Vista is just horrible and will be buying a Macbook instead. I don't really like that it has a glossy display but I plan on hooking it up to my larger monitor for design and photography work.

I use Spyder2 to calibrate my monitor. Will I be able to save two color profiles (one for the notebook display and one for my external monitor)? I'd like to be able to load the color profile of the external monitor when working on it.

Thanks!

 

You will be able to use multiple color profiles in OS X.

When you get your Mac, just go to System Preferences --> Displays, click Color, and there will be several default Color Profiles already there. You can then choose Calibrate to create a new profile. After going through the Display Calibrator Assistant you can save the profile you just created/modified.



Alternatively, if you want to use another application to create color profiles it's just a matter of copying that profile to the right location and then selecting that profile in the as your Display Profile. I believe the default directory for custom profiles is Macintosh HD --> Users --> "Username" --> Library --> ColorSync --> Profiles. Or you can use Spotlight to search for the directory. The default Mac color profiles are ICC so search for ICC.

And yet another way to manage Color Profiles is through ColorSync.

 

Great! Thanks
When connecting to an external monitor, does the macbook change the profile automaticaly to match that monitor?