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I hope this is just an oversight, and not a sign that MacCaching is EOL. It is, far and away, the best utility for cache management on Macs. /crosses fingers

I would delete this forum.

"Evil" has nothing do do with difficulty. Slick As A Whistle

The cradle is going to be the base of an external antenna holder for my Map60C. I bought one of the Gilsson external antennas (which works incredibly well but EATS batteries), and will fabricate a metal strip for the back of the cradle with a flat spot at the top to attach the magnetic antenna to. (The ground plane really does make a difference). I'm thinking that with it attached to an easy-to-remove cradle, I can just slip the thing on and off as needed, and when it's on it's not bulky and hard to handle. In fact, I may install an extra belt clip post for easy attachment to the dash of the car. Anyway, if there's really any interest, I will post pictures of the project in progress and when finished. I will probably order the GPS cradle today.

If you're going into the woods, you should already be wearing hunter orange, because bow season is in. Fortunately, there are significantly fewer bow hunters in general. I have yet to run into a bow hunter this season. However, gun season starts Nov. 15, and the woods (including some state parks, and virtually all state forests) will be FILLED with hunters of wildly varying competency levels. Deer hunting overview for the 08-09 season: • Youth - September 27 and 28, 2008 • Early Archery - October 1, 2008 - November 30, 2008 • Firearms - November 15, 2008 - November 30, 2008 • Muzzleloader - December 6, 2008 - December 21, 2008 • Late Archery - December 6, 2008 - January 4, 2009 I will be disabling all my caches in hunting areas for at least the first two full weekends of gun season. Be careful out there.

Try it with tonic and some extra lime.

Thanks for all the replies. I've got a bead on how the thing works now. In my case, since I won't actually be using it on a bike, I'm not terribly concerned about off-road or heavy-duty use. I won't be using the handlebar grip part for this project at all. It's simply the least expensive option for obtaining the actual GPS holder itself.

Okay, but what is actually locking it in place? The post fits through the hole, but what's keeping it from coming back out? I see what appears to be a little bar across the top of the hole. Does that engage the groove in the post? And if so, then is it simply the upward force of the curved plastic at the bottom of the bracket that keeps it secure? Thanks for the reply ... !

Regarding the Garmin handlebar mount for the Map60 series ... I'm wondering exactly how the loop at the top secures the post on the back of the GPSr. Is there some kind of spring, or latch? I'm just not seeing what holds it in place. I'm considering getting one as the starting point for a portable external antenna kit, but don't want to spend the money until I'm sure it will do what I want. Also, how does it attach to the bar bracket? Does it slide down and lock? Thanks in advance.

Sounds like it's time for a new battery, unless you're also playing music the entire time. Do you know how to get the logs on the ipod? I am using MacCaching but only get the listings... Thanks, If you have an iPod that supports notes (as mentioned, older ones like mine do not) when you go to "export", in MacCaching there is a checkbox in the dialog that chooses "Logs to iPod Notes" or something similar. With mine, I export cache listings to iPod (VCF), and as others have noted, extremely long descriptions (I'M LOOKING AT YOU, ISQ) will be cut off. Usually before they even GET to saying what the cache type is. Forget about the hint.

I like them and think they're a neat idea. I have snapped my picture at several caches since I started, but have yet to see any of them included in a cache listing. I've thought about dropping one of the digital versions in one of my caches, but never had one handy when I placed the hide.

You should log your finds, not so much because it's essential to the fun, but because it's a nice courtesy to the owner. Logs let the owner know that their cache is still serviceable and good to hunt. The same applies to other hunters who might glance at the logs first. Besides, when I don't get any find logs, I start to get kind of depressed. FWIW.

MacCaching will also export cache listings and logs to the iPods Contacts and Notes, respectively. My ancient 2G iPod doesn't support Notes, but it's incredibly handy to be able to carry cache listings on a piece of hardware I already own and carry with me virtually everywhere already.

If I'm going to pull 40-50 caches for an area I might be covering, I'm not going to take the time to read each and every description. Generally, if I get to ground zero and something seems off or amiss, I will read the description on my iPod. I fail to see why reading the description at home is cool, but reading it in the field in paperless mode is "brainless." This. If you want people to get in the habit of reading your descriptions, make them useful and put all relevant information at the top in the short description. Then write your great american novel. There's nothing more frustrating out in the field than scrolling through pages and pages of stuff, only to find the description is truncated due to its length and the owner has failed to say ANYTHING about the hide itself. As far as I'm concerned, unless the hide is an offset, puzzle, multi, or virtual, 90% of cache descriptions are superfluous. A good description can enhance a hide, but the hide shouldn't have to rely on it to be successful. Show me, don't tell me.

I used to have a horse before I started caching, and loved every aspect of riding and horse ownership. However, I no longer have a place to keep one, and have been without for a couple of years. Maybe again someday soon. I would love to go caching on horseback, and would go to great lengths to attend an equi-caching event if I could borrow a ride, so to speak. Hopefully some of you will eventually find my travel bug Horsin' Around and log some caches with it. That's what it was released for! There are lots of pictures in the bug's log of me, my own horse, and other horses I've met and ridden over the years.

It may come too late to be of use, but I will third the comments about the deplorable state of caching in Bloomington. I made two trips down there in the spring, and they were both dreadful. I was glad that I hadn't gone to the area ONLY for caching. Unless there's a major change in the overall caching scene, I won't make any special trips down there for caching. However with that said, in the interests of fairness, I'd like to point out that one of the most clever and well-executed caches I've ever found was in downtown Bloomington. Among Dead Trees And one of the few live Webcam Caches still around: 'X' marks the spot

Well, a 5 rated cache doesn't have to be a puzzle, either. If you put a blinkie on an army tank in the park, there's always a chance, however small, that the tiny crevice you placed it in is going to be the first place a hider looks. Long odds, sure, but it IS possible.

Luck trumps skill.

I've been waiting for a fix or news on this situation as well. In another thread it was implied that the missing attributes would be reinstated. Any word?

Ha! Too easy!

Check the battery contacts for wear or corrosion. If they're starting to go bad, they will lower the power getting to the receiver and impair performance. Even if they look okay, consider swabbing them down thoroughly with a clean cloth dampened but not soaked with some rubbing alcohol. FWIW.

Yes, I'm caching significantly less. I do well to be able to afford gas to get back and forth to work each week. I've also started a "geo-carpooling" effort among the local cachers to try and coordinate trips where fuel costs can be shared. I managed to share a ride with a fellow cacher this weekend. Had we not teamed up, both of us would likely have stayed home this weekend. I'm hoping the idea catches on.

Or you could just do like me and place a cache less than a mile from a documented bigfoot sighting! Seriously, though, I'd probably consider doing the cache if the first few logs gave it good reviews. I'm sure I could borrow a portable DVD player or find one in a pawn shop somewhere. It would probably be a cache I'd enjoy doing with a group. FWIW.

Excellent ... thanks for the fix.

I haven't had any listings that were compromised by losing the tag, but I've used it on a few occasions for humorous effect. I hope it gets fixed/returns for whatever reason soon.