Color profiles on LCD

I've been trying to set a custom color profile for my macbook pro LCD display from Adorama. I downloaded the icc and it shows up in color sync utility but I can't get it to select on the system preferences>displays selection screen. Does anyone know how I can select it to run on the display. THanks

If you are just needing a more pleasant viewing experience, try manually calibrating:
Open System Preferences > Displays > Color > "Calibrate..."
Then place a check on "Expert Mode". Follow through the assistant.
When prompted about "Select target gama", I recommend 2.2.
On the page "Select a target white point", uncheck "Use native white point", and move the slider until you are happy. 5000 will produce a very yellow hue, while 9000 will produce a very blue hue. Find a happy median.
Continue and finish the assistant.
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