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Uncle Jimbo, how do you upgrade GPS software using a Mac, I looked but under the Venture Cx upgrade but all instructions were just for PC. Would be great not to have to use a PC again. Thanks for your assistance

I have now solved the problem of Send to GPS not working, however it did involve having to use a PC Out of desperation I thought I would try and upgrade the GPS software which was still at version 2.60 to the latest version 3.00 so after much tooing and froing installing USB drivers etc on a PC I managed to upgrade, and when I then tried the send to GPS it worked perfectly And using Safari too Thanks Uncle Jimbo for your reply about Firefox, weird about Google Maps, as Firefox works OK on our Mini Mac, it only went wrong on the Power Mac after a Firefox update, and there are a few threads in other sites that it is a genuine problem, just a question a to whether they will fix it

Hi Uncle Jimbo I was using Safari 3.1.1. I have however tried it with Firefox 2.0.0.14 and got exactly the same error message. I tend to use Safari as Googlemaps do not display in Firefox at the moment (at least not on my computer), wish they would get that fixed soon. Does your Firefox display googlemaps ??

I have just installed Garmin communicator and connected it to my Mac (G4 running OS X 10.4.11) to try the send to GPS function and I too get problems. Here is what I do and the result I get. Connect GPS and turn it on Click Send to GPS Receive Found eTrex VentureCx message Click Write and get following pop up error message There was an error communicating with your device. Please make sure your device is plugged in and turned on. If errors continue to occur, you may need to restart your device. However on the send to GPS page it now says Geocache GCP6N5.gpx saved successfully !!!! The cache however does not appear on my GPS anywhere and the GPS is dissconnected i.e. says no GPS found. I then tried the GPS in USB mode and it wrote it to the memory card without the error but still does not appear on the GPS. On a hunch I then tried the Garmin communicator test page after switching the GPS back on, and it said device found and correct version installed ..... however ..... if I then click test page again, it says the device could not be found. Is there a bug with the Mac version or am I doing something wrong ?????? Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks for the quick reply. So thats where I went wrong, I assumed as I couldn't see the device on the desktop, so I thought I needed to go into the USB Mass storage mode, and only then started Bobcat. I now have all my waypoints stored. Thanks for your help

Have just installed the latest version of Bobcat on my Mac thinking I would be able to transfer all my waypoints onto it as a backup. However when I try to transfer the data from the GPS it says I have no waypoints, tracks or routes to download !!! I then created a new waypoint on the basemap supplied with Bobcat and uploaded this to the GPS, apparently successfully. Once the GPS was disconnected I looked for the waypoint on the GPS but it was not there. I had a look at the SD card and a userdata.gpx file had been created with the waypoint data. I guess all the waypoints created on the GPS are held in internal memory but cannot see them, but would this stop them from being downloaded??? I have a Garmin etrex Venture Cx with only the basemap it came with, and a 1Gb card. Am I doing something wrong, or have I just not done something I should have done. Any help greatly appreciated