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Garmin Express can not find my FOrerunner 305

On my MAC, I am unable to upload activities, garmin express can not find the Forerunner 305. Switched cables same result, those same cables work for my Garmin Edge 500.

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JaVaWa 3 months ago in reply to 9520321 +1

I intended to write that it is dependent on the protocol that is used, but that isn't true...

As a experiment I tried to synchronize my Forerunner 305 with Garmin Express 7.19 on a Mac Mini M2 with…

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0 9520321 4 months ago

I’ve been reading that the usb standards are so old/different in the watch that the newer Mac OS won’t support it directly again. The original box mentions Mac OS 10.4 or newer for compatibility with the 305 but I think it stops at about high Sierra

0 JaVaWa 3 months ago in reply to 9520321

I intended to write that it is dependent on the protocol that is used, but that isn't true...

As a experiment I tried to synchronize my Forerunner 305 with Garmin Express 7.19 on a Mac Mini M2 with Sonoma 14.2.1, and it actually does work without problems...

Also tried the Forerunner 301 (the first Forerunner with USB), but that didn't work.