The Forerunner 955 continues that tradition. The Forerunner series is still where the company introduces some of its most innovative tracking and training features. Garmin’s fitness watches have been a staple among athletes due to their features that aren’t found on Fitbits and Apple Watches. If you’re at all familiar with Garmin’s wearables, you know that GPS-equipped running watches have always been the company’s primary strength. I assume the for the Mac folks, there's a similar way to uninstall programs-or in this case, older City Navigator maps.(Ars Technica may earn compensation for sales from links on this post through affiliate programs.) I tend to keep older maps for now since it lets me use Mapsource and switch versions of maps to see what's been changed or updated either road- or POI-wise. If you're using a PC and have these maps on the PC for use by Mapsource or BaseCamp, individual maps can be deleted by going to Control Panel, then either Add or Remove Programs or Programs and Features (depending on your flavor of Windows) and uninstalling the maps no longer needed. Since Garmin is ignoring my email, perhaps they'll answer my question over the telephone. My question is: Do I really need all these older versions of the maps, i.e., 2012.40, or can I delete them. Home/Library/Application Support/ Garmin/Maps/Ĭity Navigator North America NT 2012.30.gmapĬity Navigator North America NT 2012.40.gmapĬity Navigator North America NT 2013.10.gmap I have downloaded updated maps to my computer and to my Nuvi 3700LMT several times. If you have that Garmin number handy, might I trouble you for it?Ībout a week ago I wrote them the following email and have yet to receive an answer so I thought I'd call them. You are required to jump through hoop after hoop of menus and sub-menus, FAQs, etc., until you finally reach either an email address or telephone number. Garmin, like every single solitary company on the web, makes is something of a struggle for you to find how to contact them for help. So far your post is the only solution I have been able to find on the web. I have previously written Garmin regarding this issue and told that I needed to call them during business hours during the weekend day, which is very inconvenient for me. I was then able to run Basecamp and select the latest map update, and to run Map Install, select regions, and upload them to my GPS unit.Īs others report on the web, Garmin seems to be somewhat incompetent when it comes to Macs, probably due to their lack of experience with the platform. Per your instructions, my map updates were installed in the ~/Library/Caches//IMG directory.Ģ) cd ~/Library/Caches//IMGģ) cp -r *.gmaps ~/Library/Application\ Support/Garmin/MapsĤ) Wait a few minutes (yes - minutes) for the files to be copied over. After installation, both Garmin Basecamp and my unit (via System screen) not showing the latest map update as selectable or installed. Installing map updates to both my machine and my unit (GPSMap 60CSx) Garmin Lifetime Map Update telling me I had new map updates So, I have the folder with the maps and the UnlockCodes.ucx file but I am missing some stop and can't put it all together. Locate and double-click on the 'Install Garmin MapInstall' icon.įollow the installer program's prompts to install Garmin MapInstall. To migrate the maps from your Windows PC, download MapConverter onto your PC and follow the instructions.Ĭlick on 'Download' and choose to save the file to your computer.Ī new Finder window will open. MapManager copies maps and unlock codes into the right place to be accessible by MapInstall and Training Center. I went to the Garmin site > Macintosh MapManager and found this: Shouldn't one be able to view the maps via MapManager? I click on Install, get "Please wait, installing.", then " Maps installed successfully".īut when I now launch MapManager I am right back to "Install these maps?" again. When I launch Garmin MapManager, and click on Open and navigate to the downloaded maps, I get this: Install these maps? City Navigator North America NT 2012.30. However, I did find them using EasyFind, a free Mac search Application from here, should you be interested in downloading it: ). (BTW, searching for "Maps" in the Finder and in Spotlight produced nothing. Macintosh HD:Users:MYNAME:Library:Application Support:Garmin:Maps Macintosh HD:Users:MYNAME:Library:Caches: It's interesting to note that the file "City Navigator North American NT 2012.30.gmap" was installed in BOTH the locations you cited: i.e., Thanks, Diesel, I would never have found them without your help.
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