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ARE THERE ANY MAC USERS?
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2024 1:00 pm
by Frogman1
Are there any Mac users? Why can't both my laptop and desktop not see the XT2? It sees my Nav6 and old 550. It sees the XT2 with Garmin Express. But nothing comes up under "locations"? I've tried 10 different USB-C cables. Garmin has made this gps a pain to use.
Re: ARE THERE ANY MAC USERS?
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2024 9:33 pm
by Rob4570
I run a mac desktop with the OS Sonoma 14.6.1. Make sure that the Type C cable is both data and charge. A lot of the cables are charge only
Re: ARE THERE ANY MAC USERS?
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2024 10:19 pm
by Frogman1
Can you use Basecamp with your Mac and the XT2?
Re: ARE THERE ANY MAC USERS?
Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2024 12:45 pm
by danham
Long-time Mac user here and I use Basecamp with my XT (not XT2) and can get as deep into its Android file system as I want using the free OpenMTP. From what I read here, all this works fine with the XT2, despite Garmin’s claim that BC is not compatible. Apparently, some features of the XT2 cannot be invoked by BC, but regular route planning works just fine.
Be sure you are using a USB cable that sends signal over all its wires and that you are not running Garmin Express in the background when trying to launch BC.
-dan
Re: ARE THERE ANY MAC USERS?
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2024 11:52 am
by Frogman1
Why doesn't my Mac mini or MacBook read the XT2. It does not show up under "Location"? Thus I can not transfer a route to the XT2? I tried 10 different USB-c cables, all with the same result.