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New Mac BaseCamp and MapInstaller Coming

 
Sun, 02/10/2019 - 2:13pm

I've been working with Garmin on an unrelated ticket, but the discussion did reveal that Garmin is working on new 64-bit BaseCamp and MapInstall for Mac. The Garmin rep did not know when these would be released.

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Sun, 02/10/2019 - 4:52pm

Well ...

Garmin did say it would be released by end of last year, but they missed that deadline though as posted they do say they still intend to do so wink

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Sun, 02/10/2019 - 9:16pm

Thanks for the Info

Thanks for the info. I just bought a new Macbook Pro with the latest OS.

Mon, 02/11/2019 - 9:08am

Thanks....

This is helpful information.

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RKF (Brookeville, MD) Garmin Nuvi 660, 360 & Street Pilot
Mon, 02/11/2019 - 9:42am

Warning

I do see the warning once in a while that the app will not be compatible as Mac transitions to all 64 bit, so I guess Apple will soon be no longer supporting anything other than 64 bit apps. Maybe this Spring Apple will announce a new OS that will be exclusively 64 bit.

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Tue, 02/12/2019 - 2:35pm

Excellent

Great news regarding the new Basecamp.

I lost support long ago for many of my critical apps that were 32 bit. The newer 64 bit supported apps are not as good but still useable. Hopefully Basecamp will be better, not worse.

Thanks for the info.

Wed, 02/27/2019 - 10:50am

The new BaseCamp and MapInstall are here!

The new BaseCamp and MapInstall are here!

https://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=4449

https://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=3825

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Wed, 02/27/2019 - 3:42pm

Thanks!

Installed both with no apparent problems on mid 2012 15" MBP Unibody.

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Ted - Garmin Nuvi 1450 LM
Wed, 02/27/2019 - 7:20pm

YIPPEEEEE!!!!

All installed and running. So far so good.

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Thu, 02/28/2019 - 5:38am

Well ...

... didn't last long, update has been pulled as it's causing issues with some Mac versions.

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Thu, 02/28/2019 - 9:33am

Not Surprised

sussamb wrote:

... didn't last long, update has been pulled as it's causing issues with some Mac versions.

The title bar was "BaseCamp (Internal Release)"

Something that obvious should never make it out.

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Thu, 02/28/2019 - 11:32am

Nope

It was due for release ... something was going wrong with some Mac versions as I posted.

As per the Garmin forum

Software Version 4.8.2 has been backdated to 4.7.0 due to it having issues with some versions of OS.

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Thu, 02/28/2019 - 12:52pm

Fixes, Enhancements

Well, let's hope they made fixes, improvements, and enhancements.

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Thu, 02/28/2019 - 1:17pm

BaseCamp

It is not surprising that Garmin is having difficulties with the BaseCamp fixes for the Mac. Since they stopped development of BaseCamp about 2 years ago, I suspect most of the original developers have moved on and Garmin no longer has developers that have intimate knowledge of the internal workings of BaseCamp.

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Fri, 03/01/2019 - 12:08am

BaseCamp Was Pulled Back

sussamb wrote:

... didn't last long, update has been pulled as it's causing issues with some Mac versions.

BaseCamp was pulled back, MapInstall and MapManager remain updated.

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Fri, 03/01/2019 - 2:40pm

Still using the new release

I'm still using the new release BC V4.8.2 on a new MBP running OS 10.14.3 and I'm not noticing issues. I have not used it that much, but so far so good.

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Fri, 03/01/2019 - 2:49pm

Yep ...

If it works then Garmin say you're ok, it only affects some users.

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Fri, 03/01/2019 - 4:28pm

THat'd be a nice addition,

THat'd be a nice addition, since OS X and all the CPUs have been 64 bit since at least 2008/2009.

Mon, 03/04/2019 - 3:06pm

BaseCamp 4.8.3 Is Out

Just saw that BC 4.8.3 is available.

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Mon, 03/04/2019 - 4:59pm

thanks

Just downloaded 4.8.3

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Steve - 2 Nuvi 3597
Tue, 03/05/2019 - 2:28pm

Updated to 4.8.3

Installed with no apparent problems on mid 2012 15" MBP Unibody and a late 2009 21.5" iMac.

Changes made from version 4.7.0 to 4.8.3:

Upgraded app to 64-bit.

Fixed issue where certain poi files would use large amounts of
memory.

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Ted - Garmin Nuvi 1450 LM