Today something led me to discover ColorSync Utility
under Applications > Utilities
. Upon Verify
I discovered 9 bad profiles on my Mac.
Searching for profiles...
Checking 63 profiles...
/Library/ColorSync/Profiles/EW-GRAY18
Tag ‘desc’: Tag size is not correct.
Tag ‘desc’: Description tag has a bad Macintosh string.
/Library/ColorSync/Profiles/EW-GRAY22
Tag ‘desc’: Tag size is not correct.
Tag ‘desc’: Description tag has a bad Macintosh string.
/Library/ColorSync/Profiles/EW-sRGB
Tag ‘desc’: Tag size is not correct.
Tag ‘desc’: Description tag has a bad Macintosh string.
/Library/ColorSync/Profiles/EW-RGB18
Tag ‘desc’: Tag size is not correct.
Tag ‘desc’: Description tag has a bad Macintosh string.
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Color/Profiles/VideoNTSC.icc
Header message digest (MD5) is not correct.
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Color/Profiles/VideoHD.icc
Header message digest (MD5) is not correct.
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Color/Profiles/VideoPAL.icc
Header message digest (MD5) is not correct.
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Color/Profiles/Recommended/image-P3.icc
Header message digest (MD5) is not correct.
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Color/Profiles/JapanColor2011Coated.icc
Tag ‘desc’: Description tag has a bad Unicode string.
Verify done. Found 9 bad profiles.
I recently started using Lightroom, Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, etc. I'm wondering if having these bad profiles can impact my production work in a way that I am unaware of.
I have little idea if they are actively used. I manually don't fiddle with any profiles in my workflow. My DSLR images utilize ProPhoto profile, and on my Mac, I convert them to AdobeRGB or sRGB profiles before export. Is there a way to find out if they are in active use?
What (if any) are the possible side effects of having these bad profiles on a MacBook?