Have you tried the ColorSync Utility, which has a "Profile First Aid"  
as part of it?

Regards,
Russ Preston

On Aug 3, 2006, at 10:45 AM, Jerry Freeman wrote:

> i've done all the routine troubleshooting, including diskworrier.  
> unless i can locate some private var plist, and/or the colorpicker  
> itself i'm going to have to reinstall. i have a working picker on  
> my laptop to copy from. i wasn't aware how often i use the thing  
> within other apps until it went south. the only recent install was  
> security update, which shouldn't have bothered the colorpicker but  
> who knows. i'm backed up and ready to go :) best...jf
>
> On Aug 3, 2006, at 3:32 AM, R. D. Preston wrote:
>
>> Hi Jerry,
>>
>> Have you already done the usual kinds of things, like restart?  ...or
>>  select a different color model, use it, restart, switchback, try  
>> it again?
>>  DiskTools for file structure and/or for Permissions? (I know, I  
>> know;
>>  but watch for what it repairs, if anything).  How about those pesky
>>  little preferences -- the one(s) associated with the Apple Color  
>> Picker?
>> Any immediately recent installs that might have introduced a  
>> conflict?
>>
>> If you haven't, perhaps try checking these things, just in case.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Russ Preston
>>
>> On Aug 2, 2006, at 11:57 PM, Jerry Freeman wrote:
>>> my apple color picker has gone wonky, it crashes 'any' app that  
>>> tries to access it. i would hate to reinstall the os just to get  
>>> it back. can anyone suggest an alternative? tia. best...jf



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