[BaseCamp] Basecamp Mac vs. Windows versions

[Jerry White]

I’m working on one. Will let you know.

On Wed, Aug 16, 2023 at 5:56 PM Trey Nicoud <gnicoud3 at icloud.com> wrote:

> 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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