Trouble downloading Maps on Mac

[zcoyote12]

I recently bought a Mac Book Pro. I downloaded Garmin Base Camp then went to GPS File Depot to download a free Topo of Colorado. Looked like all went well but no map showed up in Base camp. Any suggestions. Really thinking of returning the CPU and going back to a PC.

[+user13371]

After you download the map from GPSFileDepot, you probably need to install it into Basecamp with MapManager.

[zcoyote12]

After you download the map from GPSFileDepot, you probably need to install it into Basecamp with MapManager.

 

Looks like Map manager is needed to install th maps to my GPS Unit od SD card. I want to get the maps into Base camp. Is MMneeded for that finction also?

[+crunchewy]

Basecamp won't install the maps from GPSFileDepot. You need Garmin MapManager, which is also available from Garmin. Note, though, that there is annoying bug. When you double-click the file it will launch MM, but the window you need to be looking at is *behind" another window so you can't see it! Pretty confusing design. Move the window that is in front out of the way and you'll see the little window that you need to click a button to install the map on the GPS. As far as I can tell you have to install it onto the GPS, and then it gets copied to Basecamp when you launch it (or do you need to manually copy it? I can't remember now). Your GPS needs to be plugged into the computer to install the map.

Edited August 6, 2012 by crunchewy

[zcoyote12]

Basecamp won't install the maps from GPSFileDepot. You need Garmin MapManager, which is also available from Garmin. Note, though, that there is annoying bug. When you double-click the file it will launch MM, but the window you need to be looking at is *behind" another window so you can't see it! Pretty confusing design. Move the window that is in front out of the way and you'll see the little window that you need to click a button to install the map on the GPS. As far as I can tell you have to install it onto the GPS, and then it gets copied to Basecamp when you launch it (or do you need to manually copy it? I can't remember now). Your GPS needs to be plugged into the computer to install the map.

 

I'll give that a try thanks!