Macbook Air & garmin 660

[Baz]

I'm new to Apple PCs/ laptops so could do with some advice.
I tend to take an old netbook on holiday to surf the net but which also has a backup of my routes for the Garmin 660. Would a Macbook Air allow me to store routes for editing and download, if so it it as simple as plugging into a USB.

Ta

Baz

 

[richardbd]

I'm new to Apple PCs/ laptops so could do with some advice.
I tend to take an old netbook on holiday to surf the net but which also has a backup of my routes for the Garmin 660. Would a Macbook Air allow me to store routes for editing and download, if so it it as simple as plugging into a USB.

Ta

Baz

Yes - it's the same as using a pc; you just need to load Garmin Basecamp (free) to build, store and edit routs for the 660. Easy to connect either by USB, or using a card reader, adapter and the micro SD in the 660, which Garmin cunningly hid under the battery!

 

[Baz]

Thanks for that. If I plot a route on my PC, am I able to transfer it to the Mac either from the PC or the 660 ?

Ta

 

[ghiribizzo]

Yes - upload to the 660 from whatever, then you can also download to whatever. That bit works. It's Garmin's shockingly pants map updating process that is the pain.

 

[richardbd]

Thanks for that. If I plot a route on my PC, am I able to transfer it to the Mac either from the PC or the 660 ?

Ta

You can either transfer it via the 660 or just export it from Mapsource as a .gpx file to the desktop on the pc, email it to the mac, copy to the mac desktop and import to Basecamp.

Simples...

 

[Baz]

Does it work on an Ipad?

 

[IJGser]

Does it work on an Ipad?

No, if only it did.

 

[richardbd]

Does it work on an Ipad?

Definitely not..

 

[Baz]

Cheers guy