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Hi everyone. I got a new computer and I'm looking to transfer my entire Basecamp library over to the new machine. I'm not just looking to transfer the data, but also the organization - folders and lists. Is there an easy way to do this?

 

Thanks.

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If it is at all possible, it will require moving some hidden folders and their contents.  Are you good with that?

See

Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Garmin\BaseCamp and

Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Garmin\BaseCamp

 

Then there's the issue of reinstalling your maps on the new box so that BaseCamp has them for access.

 

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Thanks. I found the basecamp data folder and just copied it over. I'll just install maps manually. I have many on the old computer that I don't use, so it's a chance to trim down.

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OS X moving from El Capitan (10.11) to Catalina (10.15). Everything transferred perfectly. Probably could have done the same with iCaching rather than exporting the library as a giant GPX file and importing it on the new machine. But this gave me a chance to start clean with folders, of which I had too many and had to delete them one at a time.

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Ach.  Never mind.  For some reason thought you were on Windows 10.

Glad it went smoothly for you.  There's also a 'Library' folder in Win10, but not content that would have been moved in the process.

Gotta say, I'm still enamored of the maps at http://www.gmaptool.eu/en/content/usa-osm-topo-routable both for use on GPS and for BaseCamp / Mapsource.  Lots more good detail than the standard OSM street maps (these have terrain info) and updated a good bit more frequently than other topo maps at gpsfiledepot

 

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2 hours ago, ecanderson said:

Gotta say, I'm still enamored of the maps at http://www.gmaptool.eu/en/content/usa-osm-topo-routable both for use on GPS and for BaseCamp / Mapsource.  Lots more good detail than the standard OSM street maps (these have terrain info) and updated a good bit more frequently than other topo maps at gpsfiledepot

 

 

Same here. My #1 Goto Map, installed on all my Garmin GPSr.

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