[BaseCamp] Basecamp Mac vs. Windows versions

[Trey Nicoud]

Hi again Jerry,

I'm afraid that I don't yet have an approach to recommend. I've tried Google, Rever, and Scenic, but none lets me store a library of waypoints that I can then use in different routes. I've also tried the BMW Connected app, which has yet to make it more than an hour without the map display failing. So I'm mostly back to paper maps and handwritten notes.

Please post a solution if you find one. Good luck!

Trey

P.S. to Ashley:  I have tried powered USB hubs (several), but was unsuccessful in getting the Mac to see the Garmin.    

> On Aug 15, 2023, at 4:01 PM, Jerry White <jerrywhite518 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks Trey. I was able to connect my XT to the Macbook and get it to
> install the current mapset to the laptop, so that seems encouraging. But
> I'm getting a different laptop soon and we'll find out if it will see the
> XT. In the meantime I'm trying to get to know non-Basecamp ways to save
> waypoints and create routes. So far I'd say Google is obviously not made
> for people who like to geek out on their routes. I think Mike Brooke
> doesn't use a dedicated GPS and I sure would like to learn his techniques.
> 
> What are you doing since you're no longer using Basecamp?
> 
> On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 1:15 PM Trey Nicoud <gnicoud3 at icloud.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Jerry,
>> 
>> I've been without access to a Windows computer for 4 and half years now.
>> For many years, I loved using Basecamp on Mac and had few problems. Sadly,
>> as Apple kept updating its operating systems and as Garmin stopped
>> supporting Basecamp, the experience has steadily gotten worse, to the point
>> that I have pretty much given up trying to use Basecamp (or any other
>> Garmin product) on a Mac. It's not just that Basecamp is unreliable on the
>> Mac--I usually cannot get a Mac to "see" a Garmin device so I can transfer
>> waypoints and routes to the Garmin. (From numerous phone calls with Garmin
>> tech support, I suspect that the USB ports on Macs, especially laptop Macs,
>> don't send enough power to the Garmin.) For a while I would take the micro
>> SD card out, put that in a card reader, transfer the files to the card, and
>> then put the card back in the Garmin, but now that doesn't seem to work
>> either. Because of my Mac not "seeing" my GPS, I haven't tried the "running
>> Windows on a Mac" approach.
>> 
>> I hope you have better luck than I've had,
>> Trey
>> 
>>> On Aug 15, 2023, at 12:37 PM, Jerry White <jerrywhite518 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Life is changing and I'm about to no longer own a Windows computer. I'ver
>>> never liked the Mac version of Basecamp, but then again, I've never used
>> it
>>> very much. Every time I try to use it on a Mac I get frustrated and go
>> back
>>> to Windows. SO...now I'm facing a world of that being my only Basecamp,
>>> unless I go down the "Running Windows on a Mac" path.
>>> 
>>> What do you Apple-y people do?
>>> Does anyone love Basecamp on Mac like I love Basecamp on Windows?
>>> 
>>> Jerry
>>> 
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