Mac topics

what is the best converter to change the .gpx to csv files on a Mac. Everyone I have read so far says they support windows. There are many POI I like but are in the wrong format I have a Rand Mcnally 7710

I know there is an easy way to expose them but I can not remember what the program is with SL on a Mac. I also see this has been a dead area recently so I'm coming here to ask. I may go to Apple discussions also but I thought I'd start here.

Garnin needs to hire programers that know a little about Macs. It is a giant pain to get to this update. It won't come in at all on my laptop. It's now downloading on my iMac.. It kept wanting to download the special programs to download the maps and they wouldnt open or anything on the iBook. Finally I got the single time program to work on the iMac. I have no idea what the problem was.

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1 went to get my new Lifetime Map Update last night and here's how it went.

I was given the Two Choices, 1) Lifetime Updater or 2) Garmin Update.

I am running a PowerPC G4 with OS 10.5.8 which according to the system specs for Lifetime Updater is not okay. Garmin says to use Choice 2. Quoting the Info box

http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2011/08/24/steve-jobs-resigns-as-...

It'll be interesting to see where Apple is heading now.

The good news: The new Garmin Communicator Plugin (3.0.1.0) is available for the Mac.

http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=3739

The date on the Garmin webpage is August 2; this is the first I've seen of it.

It seems to work with Lion.

The situation: MacBookPro recently updated with Lion, Garmin60CSx, Safari

Updated to Lion this morning and plugged in my 765T, it was recognized but when you try to update POI's it crashes. Also tried Web Updater and that worked fine.

OK, I am able to use the POI loader and load the all three files with the same name other than the extensions '.csv', '.bmp', and '.mp3' to correctly make custom POI's work with my Garmin.

However, somehow I've forgotten how to be able to download (or copy) the sounds that others contribute to this site as 'sounds' that can be used along with the POI's.

For those of you use Base Camp, Garmin released Base Camp 3.2.1 yesterday. If you use the Mac App Store (you need OS X 10.6.6 or later) you can do a free download from the Mac App Store. Otherwise you can visit:

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

to download it.

Here is what Garmin says:

Notes:

New Garmin gps - first day in the POI Factory. csv files seem to load without any problems. However, the Garmin POI Loader (2.2.1) will not load any gpx files. When downloading, the files go straight to the Downloads folder with ".xml" added. The csv files that are downloaded do not have this extension added. I tried taking the xml off of the file name - still did not work.

I just updated to 2012.1 and loaded the 4GB microSD card with maps from 2012.1, TOPO National Parks East, and TOPO 2008. The GPSMAP60CSx didn't see the maps, just was as if the card was not in the GPS. So I checked to see if the pesky invisible files were still on the card and they were. I deleted the invisible files and all is now well.

This is interesting:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/apple-to-support-reps-do-not-...

So it is confirmed that malware writers are targeting Macs now.

Can the iPad be used as a gps with google maps and poi's like my Garmin gps does? I am wondering if the iPad updates your location as you drive along like gps's do?

It appears to install using the Garmin installer, but does not show up as an extension in Google Chrome browser. Should it?

When I try and upload data from my Garmin Forerunner 305 into http://connect.garmin.com, it fails, telling me that Garmin Communicator is not installed. Thoughts?

A team of security researchers from the French pen-testing firm VUPEN successfully exploited a zero-day flaw in Apple’s Safari browser to win this year’s Pwn2Own hacker challenge.

VUPEN co-founder Chaouki Bekrar lured a target MacBook to a specially rigged website and successfully launched a calculator on the compromised machine.

Is available for download.

I am not really an Apple guy, but my wife and both sons each have the iPod Touch. Anyway, as time goes on and there continues to be a convergence of various electronic devices, I find myself interested in an iPad 3. I have often thought that for GPS navigation, the iPad is too big and the iPod Touch is too small.

http://www.cluetrust.com/LoadMyTracks.html

I'd like to return to the older version from POI Loader 2.2.0.

Is there a location somewhere for the older version 2.1 ?