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Migrating Garmin Map Products from
Windows to the Mac
Who Should Read This Document
If you have previously purchased Garmin map products for use on Windows and now
would like to use those same map products on an Apple Macintosh then you should read
this document. This document provides information describing how to convert Garmin
map products on Windows and move the converted map products to a Mac. When you
have successfully finished this process your Garmin map products will be available for
use with Garmin applications on both your Windows PC and your Mac.
Before You Start
Please read the following important information before you start the map conversion
process. If you have questions or comments about this process please send an email to
mac.mapinstall.200beta@garmin.com.
Installed Map Products
In order to start this process you must have one or more Garmin map products installed
on a Windows PC. Examples of such products include any version of MapSource® City
Navigator North America, MapSource® City Navigator Europe, MapSource®
MetroGuide, Topo US and many others. Note that MapConverter will not convert partial
installs,
Locked/Unlocked Map Products
Many Garmin map products must be unlocked for your Garmin GPS device before they
can be used on a computer or in your device. If you have previously unlocked your map
products on your Windows PC then the converted map products will also be unlocked on
your Mac for your device. If you have not unlocked your map products on Windows then
we strongly recommend that you do so before starting this process. You can use the
Unlock Wizard application on Windows to unlock your map product.
Map Conversion on Windows
In this first part of the map conversion process you will use a Windows application called
MapConverter.
Download and Install MapConverter
On your Windows PC, use your web browser to go to the web page at
http://www.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=3706.
Once there, click on the
link to download the MapConverter installer. If your web browser asks if you want to run
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or save the file being downloaded choose the save option. After the download is
complete, locate the downloaded MapConverter installer and double click on it. In the
window that appears, click on the “Unzip” button. After the installation is done,
MapConverter will automatically launch.
Run MapConverter
MapConverter will guide you through the process of converting map files to a format that
can be used on the Mac. MapConverter automatically finds all the Garmin map products
installed on your PC and lists them. If you don’t want to convert some of your map
products just uncheck those products when prompted. One reason to not convert all of
your map products is that the resulting converted map file may be too large to copy to
your Mac using your chosen media. Please see the section “Transferring Converted Maps
to Your Mac” for more information.
Transferring Converted Maps to Your Mac
The next step of the map conversion is to transfer the converted map data created by
MapConverter in the last section to your Mac hard drive. The way you will do this
depends on the computer equipment you have.
Each converted map will be located in a separate file named after the map product with a
“tgz” extension. The converted map(s) are located in the “My Documents” folder unless
you selected a different location in MapConverter. For example, if you convert City
Navigator North America NT 2008 and World Map v4, MapConverter will create two
files “City Navigator North America NT 2008.tgz” and “World Map v4.tgz”
Upon completion, MapConverter will open Windows Explorer to help locate the
converted file(s) on your hard drive. The size of the converted file is likely to be 1 GB or
greater in size.
Using a USB Thumb Drive
If you have a USB thumb drive or flash drive with sufficient capacity you can copy the
converted file(s) to it. Plug the thumb drive into an available USB port on your PC and
then use Windows Explorer to copy the converted file(s) to the thumb drive. Then plug
the thumb drive into a USB port on your Mac and copy the file(s) to your Mac’s desktop.
Using a Writeable DVD
If you can burn a DVD on your PC, you can burn a copy of the converted maps. Note that
most DVDs can hold about 4.7 GB so your converted map files must be smaller than that.
After burning the DVD, insert it into your Mac’s DVD drive.
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Using a Network
If your Mac and PC are connected with a network (either wired or wireless) it is possible
to copy the converted map files over the network to your Mac’s desktop. Exactly how to
do this is beyond the scope of this document.
Using a Flash Memory Card
If you have a USB flash card reader/writer and a flash card (Secure Digital, Compact
Flash or Memory Stick) with sufficient capacity you can copy the converted map file(s)
to the flash card. Plug the flash reader/writer into an available USB port on your PC and
then use Windows Explorer to copy the file(s) to the card. Then plug the flash
reader/writer into a USB port on your Mac and copy the file(s) to your Mac’s desktop.
Using Parallels
If you have Parallels, you will be able to select a shared folder on the Mac as the
destination for the converted map files in MapConverter.
Installing Converted Maps on Your Mac
Download MapManager
Download and install MapManager from Garmin’s web site. MapManager is available
along with MapInstall at
http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=3701
Opening and Installing Converted Maps
On your Mac, locate the converted map file(s) that you copied from your Windows PC.
The icon should look like the one in Figure 1. Double click on it.
Figure 1 –File icon of converted map(s) copied from the PC.
Your Mac will unarchive the file and produce a new file with a .gmapi extension, which
has an icon like the one shown in Figure 2. For example, if you had converted World
Map, then you will get a file named “World Map.gmapi”. Double click on the .gmapi file.
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Figure 2 – File icon of unarchived map(s)
MapManager will launch and with a window similar to Figure 3. Click the “Install”
button. MapManager will now install the map product making it available for use in any
Garmin Mac application that uses maps. After the installation is complete you can quit
MapManager.
Figure 3 – MapManager example window
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