[BaseCamp] Basecamp Mac vs. Windows versions

[Jerry White]

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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