G3X Software Updates on a Mac

[Spirko]

Originally Posted by Tango Mike

Just a few days ago without a word about this from Garmin, I decided to try using Safari. The update was still taking forever, so I walked away (in disgust, mostly) and came back a few hours later to find that all the databases had been updated successfully.

The assurances that they would get back to me with a solution sort of went by the way of the buffalo, it seems.

The download did take some time for me as well. For database questions aviation.support@garmin.com seems to work, they got back to me in 2 days. When I have a question about the G3X itself I write to g3xpert@garmin.com and they usually get back to me the same day.

[bkthomps]

Two good tips for this thread-

1.) if you put the /Garmin directory on the SD card and your G3X is not prompting you to update, you may have some hidden/shadow files on your sd card that is preventing it, for whatever reason- format the card following the next step

2.) if you're not sure how to format the SDcard on your mac, goto the finder (little magnifying glass in top right corner) and type "disk utility" then select the SD card in the left menu, and select Disk Erase, it will then give you a drop down for the format type- pick FAT

3.) if you have to format a SD card with your mac, use the "FAT" format, not "ExFAT"

FAT = FAT32
ExFat = ExFat, it's not what you need

FAT16 is not supported by mac any longer



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