[OSM-newbies] Connecting eTrex to Mac

[Cas Morris]

>  It won't appear on the desktop - you need a special bit of software
>  to read data from it. Unlike the posher eTrexes, the yellow one
>  doesn't appear as a disc drive (i.e. "USB mass storage mode").
>
>  The best software for the Mac is GPSBabel+. You can download it from
>  http://www.gpsbabel.org/osnotes.html#osx
>
>  Make sure you have "Tracks" ticked at the top of the window; under
>  Input Options, select "Use GPS receiver", type "Garmin", and port
>  "usb" or similar; and under Output Options, select "Use file", type
>  "GPX XML".

Hi Richard,

Thanks for your help, I've finally got it to work. GPS babel didn't
want to see the eTrex at first, which I thought was because it was an
old model so needed a firmware update... which I could only do from a
PC apparently. Well I don't think that was the reason, but I managed
to make it work anyway. GPS Babel seems pretty simple use, now I just
have to go and make some tracks!

Cas.