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PatC
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 Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 7:25 pm Post subject: nuvi and the Mac |
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I know that Garmin don't yet have support for the Mac, and that this is due to be available later this year. But I'm interested to find out if the nuvi can be connected to a Mac (via USB or USB2) and be seen as an external drive, to which files (e.g. PGPSW speed camera database) can be manually copied.
I suspect that this will probably work but has anyone here ever tried this? |
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cantgetlost
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You can run Windows on some Macs now.
Maybe that would help  |
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PatC
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| cantgetlost wrote: | You can run Windows on some Macs now.
Maybe that would help |
I know, but I can't imagine why anyone would indulge in such deviant behaviour. So I'm afraid that it doesn't really help  |
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Tosty
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| Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 9:30 am Post subject: |
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| I'm sure I tried it and it appears fine. But I'll check again tonight just to make sure. |
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Tosty
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| Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 9:44 am Post subject: |
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| Tried it this morning and nuvi appears fine on the desktop as an external drive. Copied a mp3 file to it and it pays fine. You can see all the folders within it - garmin, jpeg, mp3 etc. I have read else where that others have also done firmware upgrades via Macs. |
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PatC
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| Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Tosty wrote: | | Tried it this morning and nuvi appears fine on the desktop as an external drive. |
Great - thanks for checking and confirming Tosty. |
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MaFt
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| Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 1:45 pm Post subject: |
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you can't run the speed cam database from teh csv files though! even if you get them onto the unit! the garmin poi loader converts the csv's (or other files) into it's own format (gdb i think) when it uploads to the unit...
thought i'd make you aware of this!
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PatC
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| Posted: Tue May 16, 2006 2:14 pm Post subject: |
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| MaFt wrote: | you can't run the speed cam database from teh csv files though! even if you get them onto the unit! the garmin poi loader converts the csv's (or other files) into it's own format (gdb i think) when it uploads to the unit...
thought i'd make you aware of this!
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Thanks, that is useful to know. I don't know what Garmin's speed camera data is like but I know TomTom's isn't very highly rated (and I do already use the PGPSW files).
Sounds like I'll have to wait for Garmin Mac compatibility to arrive in August before thinking about getting the nuvi then. |
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