I have a third-party display that I would like to use with the ColorSync color matching software on my Mac OS computer. The display came with ICC profiles in DOS/Windows format, but the ColorSync software does not seem to recognize these files when I drag install them onto my Mac. How do I properly install these files?

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.

tell application "Finder"
activate
repeat with this_item in these_items
set the creator type of this_item to "sync"
set the file type of this_item to "prof"
end repeat
end tell