[BaseCamp] Basecamp Mac vs. Windows versions

[Ashley Horn]

I’m not a Mac guy but I stayed at a Holiday inn once. 

Has anyone tried using a powered usb hub between the Mac and Zumo?

Ashley Horn

> On Aug 15, 2023, at 7:03 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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