Possible to just swap monitor profile onto new machine?

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progress
Aug 5, 2008
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Might have to get some more horsepower in quick.

At the moment though, we don’t have the time to set up the new machines beyond 30 mins or so… so is there any catch/problem to pulling off the monitor profile off an old machine and using it on a new machine if it’s driving the very same monitor?

just wondering if there’s some monkeying beyond that i’m not aware of… jumping from 10.4.11 to whatever the latest kitty litter is as well.

cheers

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Buko
Aug 5, 2008
I had to remake my monitor profile going from Tiger to Leopard on the same Box
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progress
Aug 5, 2008
bum.

ta thiough 🙂
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Mike_Ornellas
Aug 5, 2008
Possible yes.

Smart – no.
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progress
Aug 5, 2008
yep, that was my thinking mike.

if it was 100% safe i’d do it, but it means re-calibrating monitors, which we’re happy with for the short term.

problem is that the calibration will monkey with the monitor’s hardware, which makes back tracking impossible as well.

just wanted to add some horsepower onto a project without upsetting the apple cart.
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Mike_Ornellas
Aug 5, 2008
The major issue here is the video card. Photoshop pumps data into the PCS and back up into the monitor to give you a preview.
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progress
Aug 6, 2008
thought it wouldn’t be as straight forward as a simple swap.

oh well, we’ll just have to push on and wait for some downtime.

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