Is Mac Simplegps Gone For Good?

[kptom]

I'm new to the geocaching game, and working with a Mac. I've read in previous threads about Mac SimpleGPS and have visited their web site a few times in the past few days. Things have gone from home page loads but every other link on the page returns "404: not found) to todays try and not even the home page loads. This is the link I have:

 

Mac SimpleGPS

 

So now a question and a favor. Since this is freeware, would some Mac using geocacher take pity on a fellow Mac user and send me the Mac SimpleGPS software? You can attach it to an email. Please send to:

tom@coburndesign.com

 

Thanks for your help.

 

 

kptom

[+TeamMoehrke]

That link works for me... I just clicked on it.

 

I use Mac Simple GPS rather frequently and find it to be a good way to get waypoints uploaded to my Legend. Not maps, of couses, but it does waypoints without having to mess with Virtual PC and MapSource.

 

I'd say try again.

[+TEAM DARROW]

The site worked for me just now as well. Using Safari 1.01

[+FarSideX]

The download link doesn't work. I e-mailed him a couple days ago, haven't got a response yet.

[kptom]

I just tried again with Safari 1.1.1 and IE 5.2. I'm on an eMac running 10.3.2. Still cannot download. Can anyone forward the file to me via an email attachment?

[+FarSideX]

The file is NOT there, it has nothing to do with the software you are trying to download it with.

 

I'll take an E-mailed copy too though.

[kptom]

Okay, I feel kinds silly about this but...

 

The software is still available, but the threadworks.com domain no longer has it. The owner/author must have started a new web site. The sotware can be downloaded at

 

macsimplegps.com

 

Those of you who contacted me privately, I appreciate your help. Thanks for offering to send it to me.

 

Tom

[+robert]

At least you found it! Thanks for the update.

[+FarSideX]

I was also looking on the old domain, strange he hasn't put the new link there as it is the one you get when doing web searches

 

Thanx kptom

[+eff-J]

Cool! I'm a new geocacher and a long-time Mac user. Thanks for the pointer.

 

Of course, now I've got to get myself a @#&$* serial-to-USB converter.

 

- Jeff

[+aka Monkey]

For what it's worth, I've tried to get MacSimple GPS to work over a vareity of hardware and software, with no success. I can communicate fine with my GPS using Link2GPS and GPS Connect, but MacSimple GPS gives me corrupt waypoints every time. A shame, because it's certainly the best interface in the bunch.

[+robert]

I use MacSimple GPS with no problems on my G3 iBook 800. Don't know about my Cube, though.

[+Green Achers]

I just downloaded the program today and it does work (kind of) on my mac iBook with OSx. In all fairness, the problem I'm having may be due to the fact that I've only used GPX PQ's so far. Of the four files, only the smallest PQ (with 25 caches) successfully openned. It took a really long time but since the instructions said it would, I waited much longer than I otherwise would and it worked.

 

Next, I'm going to try some LOC PQ's.

 

Last point... I sent the creator feedback (because this is a beta program) but the message bounced. Too bad there's no way to tell him about that.

[+robert]

It DOES take longer to open on Mac SimpleGPX than on EasyGPS on the PC but I can't even begin to know why.