Maverics messed up my calibration

[jaapv]

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Everything is oversaturated and orange since I installed Mavericks on my MacPro.with a couple of Eizo CG screens. And it refuses to support my trusty ColorSpyder2….

So I am due to get a new calibration system.

Thank you very much, Apple:mad:

 

Does anybody have a recommendation for a system that will work under Mavericks?

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[Jeff S]

Can't help with Mavericks, but I learned my Apple lesson when I upgraded to Mountain Lion and had to wait 6 months until they got around to supporting the SpectraView software built into my NEC monitor. I'll never upgrade again without researching compatibility...to the extent possible.

 

I'm tempted to get an Eizo next with a built-in colorimeter, but I'm not sure that would avoid such issues. I suppose this is the price we pay with Apple's focus on mobile devices and not desktop systems. Sloppy seems to be the new norm.

 

Jeff

 

Maybe this might help. I'm sure there are other discussion groups.

[wattsie]

I've avoided Mavericks so far - one reason being color navigator isn't due to be compatible unti January. My approach now with new OSXs is to wait until everyone catches up. Too much pain and frustration the other way...

[sandymc]

Currently, Mavericks has some significant problems with multi-monitor setups. Will no doubt be fixed, but for the moment, if you're running multi-monitor, you might want to hold off on the upgrade for a while.

 

Sandy

[jaapv]

Or run single-monitor for a while until the thing is fixed. and get an up to date calibrating tool I suppose...

[Steve Ash]

Jaap, simply install Spyder3Express. It works.

 

Regards,

Steve

[rob_w]

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Hi Jaap

 

I would second Steve's recommendation. Plus -- it's wise to move on from a Spyder2 because the later versions have a revised sensor better suited to modern panels with LED back lighting (i.e. most computer screens since about 2007). Datacolor themselves make this point in their web literature.

 

Even on much-vaunted Mac systems OS upgrades still may require driver upgrades from the vendors. I usually test *rare* drivers -- for older printers, scanners, calibrators particularly -- on a second machine before installing the upgrade on my main machine. Mainstream stuff seems to be okay but a 2004 printer from Canon, for example, may need an upgraded driver and if Canon decide not to provide one we have a new form of planned obsolescence.

 

Another issue with Mavericks is that the CalendarAgent process which does a lot of the heavy lifting in the Notification Centre can run out of control under certain conditions. The agent gets stuck in some kind of loop which consumes all the CPU time, all the memory and eventually, via virtual memory, all the available disk read and write time. Needless to say your machine is not very usable once this happens. Not up to Apple's historic high standards, by a long way.

[jaapv]

Thanks. Actually I ordered an XRite Display Pro, the Spyder was old enough to be replaced anyway.

 

I wouldn’t have installed Mavericks were it not that my Safari had started crashing under Mountain Lion. At least that problem was solved.