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Open Profile Medic by clicking on the Profile Medic button on the Menu Bar  
Open Profile Medic by clicking on the Profile Medic button on the Menu Bar  
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[[Image:profile_medic2.jpg|300 px| Profile Medic start screen]]
==Select Test Options==
==Select Test Options==
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==The Results==
==The Results==
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When the scan is complete the “Start” button will change to “Summarize”. [[image:medic_summarize.jpg]]
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When the scan is complete the “Start” button will change to “Summarize”. [[image:medic_summarize2.jpg]]
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Click this button to begin walking through the fixing steps. The type and number of steps that appear depend on the problems found with the scanned profiles. Examples are shown on the right --->
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Click this button to begin walking through the fixing steps. The type and number of steps that appear depend on the problems found with the scanned profiles. Examples are shown below --->
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[[Image:medic_stop2.jpg|right]]
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[[Image:medic_stop2.jpg|250 px|right]]
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[[Image:medic_caution.jpg|right|Examples of typical test results]]
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[[Image:medic_caution2.jpg|left|250 px|Examples of typical test results]]
===Profile Medic Tests===
===Profile Medic Tests===
Profile Medic scans and/or fixes the following problems:
Profile Medic scans and/or fixes the following problems:
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* Name parity problems (internal vs file name mismatch)  
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* - Name parity problems (internal vs file name mismatch)  
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* Name parity suffix (same names other than .icc, .icm or .pf suffix on profile)  
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* - Name parity suffix (same names other than .icc, .icm or .pf suffix on profile)  
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* File length mismatch - profile's internal length does not match the actual file length  
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* - File length mismatch - profile's internal length does not match the actual file length  
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* File hidden in Finder  
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* - File hidden in Finder  
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* File not tagged as a profile in the Finder (type and creator codes) – typical for profiles that have been copied over from Windows users.  
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* - File not tagged as a profile in the Finder (type and creator codes) – typical for profiles that have been copied over from Windows users.  
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* Illegal characters in the internal name (only 7-bit ASCII characters are allowed, special symbols are illegal)  
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* - Illegal characters in the internal name (only 7-bit ASCII characters are allowed, special symbols are illegal)  
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* Not a valid profile (any file not recognized as a profile)  
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* - Not a valid profile (any file not recognized as a profile)  
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* Data in padding area - those 181 errors in Profile First Aid  
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* - Data in padding area - those 181 errors in Profile First Aid  
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* Non-zero data in fields that are to contain only zeros.
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* - Non-zero data in fields that are to contain only zeros.
* and others
* and others
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[[Profile Renamer|On to the next section: "Profile Renamer"]]
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[[ColorThink_Pro_-_Grapher|On to the next section: "The Grapher"]]
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The Profile Medic scans the enabled and disabled profile folders and inspects each profile for known problems. It then summarizes the problems and allows you to choose to fix them or leave them unchanged.

Contents

Opening Profile Medic

Open Profile Medic by clicking on the Profile Medic button on the Menu Bar

Profile Medic start screen

Select Test Options

Profile Medic will count and scan all requested profiles.

The Results

When the scan is complete the “Start” button will change to “Summarize”. Medic summarize2.jpg

Click this button to begin walking through the fixing steps. The type and number of steps that appear depend on the problems found with the scanned profiles. Examples are shown below --->

Medic stop2.jpg
Examples of typical test results

Profile Medic Tests

Profile Medic scans and/or fixes the following problems:

On to the next section: "The Grapher"


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