{"id":101,"date":"2010-07-05T13:52:38","date_gmt":"2010-07-05T10:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rinta-aho.org\/blog\/?p=101"},"modified":"2015-11-03T12:25:55","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T10:25:55","slug":"garmin-colorado-and-mac-os-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rinta-aho.org\/blog\/garmin-colorado-and-mac-os-x\/","title":{"rendered":"Garmin Colorado and Mac OS X"},"content":{"rendered":"

I guess I need to share this with others that may face the same problem. I was really annoyed when my Garmin Colorado 300 started to get stuck in the “Loading Maps…” screen forever, after starting up the device. I tried to hard reset the device, I updated the firmware, I downgraded the firmware, I tried different maps and different GPX files. Nothing helped. I could switch the power off when it was stuck and then on again, but I was not happy with that. Sometimes not all geocaches loaded, etc.<\/p>\n

Well.. After spending roughly two evenings with the issue, I finally found the problem. It is because I had started to use my Mac OS X laptop with the Colorado. Mac OS X infects whatever external drive you connect with its funny hidden folders, like .Spotlight-V100, .Trashes, etc. Those are of course not visible in finder (the GUI file manager of Mac OS X). After figuring out how to remove those before disconnecting the Colorado, I don’t have the problem any more…<\/p>\n

Here is a script I use, simply copy it to e.g. “garminumount.sh”, run “chmod 755 garminumount.sh”, and every time after you have connected your Garmin (Colorado) to your Mac, simply run “.\/garminumount.sh”, and then disconnect the cable. You may need to change the volume names to match your device and its SD card, but you got the idea. Enjoy.<\/p>\n


\n#!\/bin\/sh<\/p>\n

# Clean Spotlight
\nmdutil -i off \/Volumes\/GARMIN
\nmdutil -i off \/Volumes\/GARMIN_SD
\nmdutil -E \/Volumes\/GARMIN
\nmdutil -E \/Volumes\/GARMIN_SD
\nrm -rf \/Volumes\/GARMIN\/.Spotlight-V100
\nrm -rf \/Volumes\/GARMIN_SD\/.Spotlight-V100<\/p>\n

# Clean other Mac OS specific stuff
\nrm -rf \/Volumes\/GARMIN\/.Trashes
\nrm -rf \/Volumes\/GARMIN_SD\/.Trashes
\nrm -rf \/Volumes\/GARMIN\/.fseventsd
\nrm -rf \/Volumes\/GARMIN_SD\/.fseventsd<\/p>\n

find \/Volumes\/GARMIN -name ._* | xargs rm -rf
\nfind \/Volumes\/GARMIN_SD -name ._* | xargs rm -rf<\/p>\n

# Unmount volumes
\numount \/Volumes\/GARMIN
\numount \/Volumes\/GARMIN_SD
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I guess I need to share this with others that may face the same problem. I was really annoyed when my Garmin Colorado 300 started to get stuck in the “Loading Maps…” screen forever, after starting up the device. I tried to hard reset the device, I updated the firmware, I downgraded the firmware, I … <\/p>\n

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