Ok the instructions that come with the Garmin forerunner are completely wrong, the CD is useless (it has the manual but no software) and the Garmin support website is not much help either. There are all sorts of discussions on the Garmin site for Mac users about ‘it does work with Lion’, ‘it doesn’t work with Lion’ and so on.

Dnr garmin usb View publishing information about this page. It may be an option to plug in the unit to a Mac or older version of Windows, update the software, then see if it’ll speak to Windows 7. The program allows for initial projection of GPS data e.

At one point it even had me downloading a PC.exe file! The answer is that it does work very well with OSX but there are two separate pieces of software that need to be installed. The first piece of software is a Safari/Firefox/Chrome Plugin that lets your browser talk to your Garmin. You can download it from garmin.com under ‘Support’ menu then ‘Software’ then ‘Software for Mac OS’ then ‘‘.

When it’s downloaded you can test it on this test page: 2. The second piece of software is a USB driver that talks to the Antenna. Again, you get it from ‘Support’ menu then ‘Software’ then ‘Software for Mac OS’ then ‘. When it’s downloaded you can ‘pair’ with your Garmin device as per the instructions. Finally if you want you can go to the mac app store and download the for free. Have a new Mac and not able to connect Garmin Express to Garmin Connect for my Forerunner 310XT.

Afraid the advice here does not work now. Seems to install and pair to the device ok but when I go to sign in to Garmin Connect to transfer data, I get an error message saying “There was a problem connecting to the Garmin servers. We’re unable to sign you in because our servers are unavailable at this time.” Clearly a software issue but Garmin’s support team not helping at all (will not refer this to software team because I don’t have any logs for the device – of course I don’t the application has not installed properly)! Issue has been ongoing for days, product support is totally useless. If it isn’t fixed I will be giving the device away and buying a Suunto and saying bye bye to Garmin for good. UPDATE Oct 18 2017 Just got off the phone with Garmin software support. Trying to connect my old Forerunner 305 and get the “Cannot connect to Garmin Servers” error message.

Make mac run faster for games. I was told that they have “recently become aware” of this issue (ha!) and know what the problem is, they just need to create the fix (write some code) and update the software version. “It should be pretty soon” he said I was added to an email list that will notify me when the fix is in!!! Until then, my old 305 is a paperweight. I have been unable to get my new Forerunner 310xt to work with my Mac Mini or my Macbook Pro.

I downloaded the plugin with high hopes as I have tried everything else I can think of to get things to work. Unfortunately, I still cannot get it to work. I had the 305 prior and was having pretty good success using the prior Garmin Training software and the USB cradle. I first thought that the 310 would work with the old software, but then realized there is no cradle and the USB cord is only for charging, not data transfer.j I have installed the Garmin Ant Agent and Garmin Express software on by of my Macs, hoping I could at least get one to work. The Mac Mini registers the Ant stick, but usually does not recognize the 310. Garmin Express doesn’t recognize even the Ant stick, so it cannot speak with the 310. The Macbook Pro does not register the Ant stick, with either GAA or Express software.