This article comprises the Read Me for ColorSync Profile First Aid version 2.6 and provides a link to the ColorSync Profile First Aid software.

Language/OS Required	Release Date	Version	Read Me	Software
North American English North American English Mac OS 7.6.1, 8.0, 8.1, or 8.5.x	1999-04-20	2.6		345 K

Requires
Any Power-PC-based Mac OS computer running ColorSync and Mac OS 7.6.1, 8.0, 8.1, or 8.5.x

Description
ColorSync Profile First Aid is a utility to examine and correct International Color Consortium (ICC) profiles installed in the ColorSync Profiles folder of your System Folder. If you have profiles installed in your system that do not display in the ColorSync control panel, then you should run this utility to repair them.

Profile First Aid is a utility to examine and correct ICC profiles installed in the "ColorSync Profiles" folder of your System Folder.

One important component of an ICC profile, the description tag, contains up to three different names for a profile. This allows the profile name to be displayed in different languages or on different computer systems. Applications typically use one of the available names to show profiles in a list or pop-up menu.

Releases of ColorSync prior to version 2.6 only made partial use of this tag and as a result only performed limited error checking on its contents. ColorSync 2.6 provides access to the complete contents of the description tag. For this reason it does not display profiles if the description tag does not comply to the ICC specification. If you have profiles installed in your system that do not display in the ColorSync control panel, then you should run this utility to repair them.

Using Profile First Aid:

Select the "Verify" button to begin a verification process or the "Repair" button to verify and repair all installed profiles. Selecting the "Verify" button will report any problems with installed profiles without making any changes. Selecting the "Repair" button will report any problems with installed profiles and attempt to fix the problems.

Note: It is a good idea to make a backup of your profiles before initiating the "Repair" function.

To stop the verify or repair process once it has begun, click Stop.

The results of a verification or repair are shown in this window.

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