Automated setting of custom monitor profile in OSX10.9
Hi all, For years I have been using the ColorSyncScripting addition in conjunction with an AppleScript to automatically set custom monitor profiles to our lab computers. Since upgrading to OSX10.9, we cannot use the ColorSyncScripting addition, so I am looking for alternatives, and wondering what others are doing in this sort of scenario? The computers have multiple users logging in, so a login script runs for each user to set the custom profile for that machine. Alternatively, setting the custom colour profile as the default for all users would be a good approach, if this is do-able? Ideas? Thanks, Hamish. -- Hamish Ward Software Delivery Developer Information Technology Services Massey University Private Bag 11-222 Palmerston North Phone (06) 356-9099 extn 83143 021 1847 863 H.N.Ward@massey.ac.nz<mailto:H.N.Ward@massey.ac.nz>
I use Hazel to do this (and much more): http://www.noodlesoft.com/hazel.php I have hot folders that assign screen capture's the display profile, then Hazel converts to sRGB and places them in another folder. Andrew Rodney http://www.digitaldog.net/ On Jan 26, 2014, at 3:26 PM, Ward, Hamish <H.N.Ward@massey.ac.nz> wrote:
Hi all,
For years I have been using the ColorSyncScripting addition in conjunction with an AppleScript to automatically set custom monitor profiles to our lab computers. Since upgrading to OSX10.9, we cannot use the ColorSyncScripting addition, so I am looking for alternatives, and wondering what others are doing in this sort of scenario?
On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 5:26 PM, Ward, Hamish <H.N.Ward@massey.ac.nz> wrote:
Alternatively, setting the custom colour profile as the default for all users would be a good approach, if this is do-able?
This has long been my preferred approach for 10.4, 10.5, and 10.6. My clients and I have skipped 10.7 and 10.8, but I'm hoping/assuming that it also still works in 10.7, 10.8, and 10.9. I have quite a few 10.9 migrations planned in 2014. The basic method is to set the preferred profile in admin or other test user account. Then under root copy the whole ByHost folder from the user's Library-->Preferences to the corresponding place in the default User Template. Now guest, all network, and newly created accounts will pick up the correct profile. jt
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