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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 looked at alternatives like plotaroute to make my routes, but the problem is they do not use the same map as me

    when i plug into basecamp it pulls up my eTrex with the maps i have installed. so when i create a route i know it's for the map i have installed.

    there are others places to make routes but they don't relate to the maps on my eTrex

    am I getting this right?

  • 0 in reply to 4711977

    I love using Basecamp for planning my RV trips!, the other apps are not designed to allow you to customize your route to avoid areas, I need to be able to adjust travel times, stops and routes, there are times we want the interstate and there are times we want to be able to go the backroads.  Please tell me who to contact at Garmin and ask for the ability to at least plan the route on my IMAC - remember not all of us have the fingers and the visual acuity to plan a cross country trip on their telephones.

  • 0 in reply to TWZF8

    i'm hoping Garmin are aware of the threads highlighting the Base Camp issue. if we keep talking about it they might do something about it 

  • 0 in reply to TWZF8

    You couldn’t, even if you wanted to! The iPhone app is absolute garbage. minimal features and it looks like no one at Garmin has ever even looked at it. The color contrast is messed up, elements go off the screen and can’t be pulled onto it, just for a start.

    Even the old mac Basecamp had a fraction of the features the Windows version had. Early on I watched some YouTube videos on how to use it, and was so dismayed when I saw the difference. 

    It seems like Garmin has been sending the message for a long time that Mac users are an afterthought at best. I made the mistake of not realizing that before I bought from them once, but won’t do it again.

  • 0 in reply to 4711977
    4711977 said:
    Even the old mac Basecamp had a fraction of the features the Windows version had.

    BaseCamp for Mac has the same features as the Windows version, it just works different. The toolbar of the Mac version doesn't have that many buttons as the Windows version, features are hidden in context menus.

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    Hi. I am receiving a message stating that Basecamp will not work anymore im my M4 MAC. Do you intend to update the Basecamp version to make it compatible?

    I am using it for such a long time that I wouldn`t like to rely another options. I spent too many time learning and studying Basecamp software. I trusted in Gamin size and consolidated company to feel secure to invest my time. It would not be a fair decision from Garmin.

    Please, advise me about the future to MAC-Garmin features.

  • +1 in reply to 4711977

    I would like to try something other than Garmin, seems more and more you are forced to store things "in the cloud" and the assumption is that you have a way to get to "the cloud" no matter where you are at.  I don't want or feel a need to pay for year round storage/access for something that I use maybe four times a year if I'm optimistic 

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    Please GARMIN update Basecamp!!   Phone based apps are just too small to read and to do any serious review of the routing, especially when looking at cross country trips, which is the majority of my efforts - minimum of 4 days, combination of interstate, us highways and local roads each trip.  Sorry Garmin, I just can't see doing a 2000 to 4000 mile road trip on cell phone.   

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    I am so sad that Garmin has not decided to update BaseCamp to run on Apple Silicon.  I agree with them that I wish Apple would continue to support Rosetta and let me keep running old software, but they also can continue to support their users.  I have tried Explore and Connect and they are not a substitute. Without BaseCamp, I will not buy any more Garmin devices. I have been buying Garmin since before "Selective Availability" ended - before most people knew what GPS was. Can't even count the number of devices. 

    Perhaps Garmin hasn't thought about this fully? In the age of phones that can do everything their devices can do, what value do they add?  People ask me that all the time when they see me toting around my GPS.  BaseCamp is a big part of the answer - planning routes and then saving tracks and organizing all of that.  I actually spend hours with all that.  They are still charging very high prices for maps that are now available widely - haven't changed their business model. I suspect they are just in the "cash cow" phase and seeing how much they can milk it for as they fade into the sunset.

    This reminds me of the choice Quicken made back in the early 2000s.  They dropped Mac support in the days just before the iPhone was released - seemed to some like Apple was going away so why support it. I kept an old Mac running to keep using the old Quicken. Several years later Quicken realized their mistake and started making a Mac Version again.  I tried it but it had lost much of its functionality and so today I am still running their 20 year old software on 20 year old hardware and Quicken gets no money from me.  This seems likely to be the future for Garmin with me. If I adapt to life without them, I won't ever go back.

  • 0 in reply to 6920135

    we have two threads on this topic and they are both gaining traction and support from the community

    lets keep it up and hopefully Garmin will make the right decision.