Today's post has one sole purpose, to bring attention to the fact that our City Navigator 2008 Mapping Updates are Mac compatible. This means you can update the maps on the device, straight from your Mac, Intel or not. It's just another step in our quest to be fully Mac compatible.

It's actually about as simple as it gets. Here is a walk through of the process:

First, insert the DVD into the Mac and run the Map Update program. You will see a welcome screen:

Accept the licensing agreement:

Plug your Garmin device in, and select it in the list:

The Map Updater will now connect to the Garmin server to establish a connection to verify the update:

Enter the Product Key as it appears on the back of the Map Update Disk:

Once everything is verified, the map update process will begin:

Once it's finished, the device is updated and you're ready to go!  It really is that simple:

Comments

[Eric Jensen]

Please, MapSource for OS X! I want to be able to use my computer with my Zumo.

[JoF]

...too little too late, still far from Mapsource for OSX! I am eagerly waiting for more! In the meantame Paralells still is a better option.

[Ronald Willey]

I concur with the August 9th post. My MacBook was unable update my NUVI 350. I went to 3 other PC's at two locations, still experienced problems. I believe there is a Firewall port that needs to be open. Be nice if Garmin can share this port number with the community.

[David Jones]

It didn't work for me. After a long wait on hold, I was informed by Garmin's software techies that "there's a problem with updating using Macs." No prognosis was given. I was attempting to update the maps on my C330 using Map Update 2008 City Navigator NT via my MacBook 2.16GHz/OS X 10.4.10. The techie actually told me that I should do the update on a Windows machine.

I'd be grateful if you could tell me when the software actually works. In the meantime I'll see if I can borrow some time on my neighbors machine and warn other Mac users away from this software until you get it fixed (or get your techies better educated).

Sorry to drop a turd in the punchbowl, but based on my experience all is not yet rosy in the world of Mac & Garmin. That said, I love my C330.

[joe]

After speaking with support, I found out that this is for the Automobile line of GPS units at the moment only. Not the hand held ones.
Additionally this is for the new NT maps..

But hey, its progress for us mac users!!!!

[Joe C]

Great to hear this!

[James]

Woohoo ! At last !

Thank-you !