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Base Camp for Mac (support ending)

NorthernKai

hi folks

tried to reply to the other thread but it won't let me

i'm getting the message about base camp too (apple silicon and all that)

i emailed Garmin and they said there are no plans to update base camp to make it compatible Disappointed

i use it all the time with my eTrex Touch.

what are the alternatives? 

Garmin have pointed me to Explore and Connect. will these be any good for plotting routes? that what I mainly do 

are there any 3rd party apps that will allow you to connect and plot routes?

of course the easiest thing would be for Garmin to update the app, can't be that much in it, and there are still thousands of users of base camp i'm sure

thanks

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    I have the same issue.
    I don't know if it's enough to start a club...

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    So, Garmin has decided that it doesn't want mac users as customers anymore?  If they're essentially making my expensive GPS worthless, that's the last product I ever buy from them.

  • 0 in reply to 4711977

    No, it's not Garmin, but BaseCamp development stopped many years ago, so if only Apple didn't mess with the Mac OS it would still work. The Windows version has worked over many iterations and works fine with Win11. You could I guess not update your Mac, or use a Windows emulator? You can of course use Garmin Adventures, Connect or Explore, or indeed any site, and there are quite a few, that will work with your Etrex.

  • 0 in reply to SUSSAMB

     

    NO, it is Garmins fault for not updating their software to be native ARM compatible on Windows and Mac.  Companies knew a long time ago that Rosetta would be eventually deprecated.  Apple no longer will sell Intel machines.  This situation with Basecamp, Express etc are all in Garmins court.  

  • 0 in reply to bobgps

    Except BaseCamp development stopped years ago. It's old software and no longer supported. It's not Garmin's job to keep old software running no matter what Apple do. Garmin now provide other software for route planning etc. 

  • 0 in reply to SUSSAMB

    It may be no longer supported but Garmin are still telling you to use it on the etrex 30 site. An extract from the page:

    Looking for Something Else?

  • 0 in reply to matthewsbr_

    And many can use it successfully, just like many can still use its predecessor, MapSource.

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    This will be a major loss for me.  I spend so much time in BaseCamp planning and tracking my adventures with a large hiking group.I don't know what "Explore" is but I have used "Connect" for years - since before it was a Garmin product - and it doesn't really do much aside from sharing. Won't have any reason to buy Garmin devices any more.

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    I emailed with an apologetic rep who said "The more people who contact us about this the more likely we are to do something about it."

    So if you haven't messaged support already, please do! 

    Here's what I said: "I know it’s not your decision, but please pass on the feedback that this should be addressed quickly. Not being prepared to handle the end-of-life for a critical application required for me to get full use of a product has left me feeling unlikely to ever recommend or buy Garmin products again in the future."

    For now we can still use it, but the more folks you can get to write in, the better.

    We purchased this product with the understanding that we had full application support on macOS - Explore (app and online) are nowhere near the same level of functionality. The Mac version of the app was always less full featured than the Windows version, but I accepted that. I found workarounds to do basic editing in it, and have lots of saved tracks, organized how I want them. There's no way to even export my folders and import them in Explore, it would be like starting from scratch, manually importing hundreds of tracks.

    I'd be thrilled if they put out a new app that had better features for both platforms. It could even be web-based, but Explore needs a lot of work to get to parity. 

    Side note: Garmin Connect is a weird suggestion, it's not even close to the same thing. 

    Windows users always feel the need to chime in and say everything doesn't need to be supported on Mac. Well, it does if you sold it to us as part of the support package when we bought the product. 

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    Come Garmin there are tools for 5 years and on for silicon apps tehy should be easy to compile again for ARM (Silicon) Just don’t leave our mac user in dust We did support Garmin for years I did buy 6 navigation system and it wa sbecase you did support mac user and now you leave the in dust. As user here in the Netherlands we want a Silicon version of Base camp. And there is talk of a Garmin Explorer app to use of on a telefone. But we can’t make route on just a small screen, come on Garmin make basecamp for silicon should be not that difficult