macOS High Sierra / Mojave
basICColor Compatibility Overview macOS High Sierra (10.13) and Mojave (10.14)
Since Apple´s new operating system, OS X Lion (10.7) Rosetta is no longer supported. basICColor software as well as the basICColor Tools MatchPatch, spoTTuner, Profile´s Secret and The Missing Link are not based on Rosetta and thus are fully High Sierra and Mojave compatible.
The basICCoolTool WhitePoint Editor is EOL (end-of-life) – see basICColor IMProve for added functionality.
This table shows an overview of macOS High Sierra and Mojave compatible basICColor software.
| Product | OS X 10.13 and 10.14 | Notes/Current Version |
| basICColor display | ✔ | Version 5.8.x please read the FAQs |
| basICColor catch | ✔ | Version 5.0.x |
| basICColor dropRGB | ✔ | Version 2.5.x |
| basICColor CMYKick | ✔ | Version 2.5.x |
| basICColor print | ✔ | Version 5.0.x |
| basICColor IMProve | ✔ | Version 3.1.x |
| basICColor input | ✔ | Version 5.2.x |
| basICColor DeviL | ✔ | Version 5.0.x |
| basICColor spoTTuner | ✔ | Version 2.0.x |
| basICColor MatchPatch | ✔ | Version 2.0.x |
| basICColor profile's secret | ✔ | Version 2.0.x |
| ZePra | ✔ | Version 6.1.x |
Not listed versions of these basICColor applications are EOL and are no longer supported.
Notes:
basICColor profilers can save ICC-profiles either to the system profiles folder [System/Library/ColorSync/Profiles], the user profiles folder [Home/Library/ColorSync/Profiles] or, in some cases, to a user defined folder. Since the [System/Library] is hidden and has Root rights in OS X 10.7 (Lion) and up, the OS redirects the [System] path to the [Home] path automatically in most cases. basICColor display 4 tries to write to [System/Library/ColorSync/Profiles] directly and thus this mechanism doesn´t work. So you need to set "Save profiles to" to "User profiles folder" or select a "Custom folder" under "Preferences" -> "Profile creation".
You can access the hidden Library folder by selecting "Go" from the menu bar with the [ALT]-key pressed. You can the navigate to the ColorSync folder and the Profiles folder. Now, either make an Alias and move it to a visible folder of your choice or drag the Profiles folder to your Favourites in the side bar. Now you can access your ICC-profiles the way you are used to.
And this is how it works:
Another way to access profiles is through your ColorSync utility. Open a profile in ColorSync, right-click on the profile´s name and you can navigate to the Profiles folder.
Addendum:
The most elegant method is to make the hidden Library folder permanently visible through a terminal command. In the terminal window you type:
chflags nohidden ~/Library
– you create the tilde by pressing [ALT] N
– or you copy this command to the terminal window. Now you can access your ICC-profiles folder the way you were used to in earlier versions of OS X.