A few weeks ago I upgraded my MacBook from Snow Leopard to Mavericks. Everything has been fine (apart from the battery life is now dreadful) until yesterday when it was time to recalibrate the display.
I’ve been using a Spyder2Express for a few years now without any problems – it does the job and the results are good for the work I undertake. Sadly it’s time has now passed. The Mac version of the calibration software no linger runs under Mavericks – I did some digging and it appears its a PowerPC app and needs an emulator to run on a intel platform. It all happened silently under Snow Leopard – the os launching the emulator when required allowing the app to run.
This emulator, affectionately known as Rosetta, is no longer part of Mavericks meaning the Spyder2Express is effectively dead. I saw a couple of threads on a few forums suggesting that he Spyder3Express software would recognise the USB puck used for the calibration but I’ve had no luck getting it to work.
It’s probably time for a change anyway so I’ll be upgrading to a replacement colour calibrator very soon. Not sure which one to go for at this stage – I’ll most likely stick with the same band and go for the Spyder4Express. I’d love to hear your thoughts though so if you have any recommendations, leave a comment and let me know.
