

It is generally advised to use a driver software as updates can be time consuming and complex. This is problematic because installing the wrong or incompatible driver will potentially produce worse results. Locating, downloading, and manually updating your Windows Magellan GPS driver does take a lot of time, making the process unbearable for most users. It is very difficult to find the respective device driver for Magellan GPS-related hardware because the information and support is hard to find on Magellan's site. The best part is that your GPS drivers can always be modified to solve the laptop dilemma. Device drivers fail intermittently and inexplicably without any apparent reason. It's possible to associate Magellan GPS errors with corrupt PC drivers. Changes since 1.5.Advanced PC users can update Magellan drivers through Windows Device Manager, while novice PC users can use an automated driver update utility. We have not done anything to remove support for these, so it's possible Garmin or Apple will issue a fix in the future, but we do not expect it (since the problem has been known for over a year). This includes the Garmin Edge 305 and the Garmin eTrex Legend C.


Therefore, we cannot claim support for these any longer. Garmin's own software cannot communicate with them, and no firmware updates are available that fix these problems. Some of you may have noticed that since 10.13, there are some older Garmin devices (especially those that used Garmin USB) that became unusable. This version is a major update, including the modernization of much of the interior of the program, along with removing some older supported devices that we can no longer support. If you encounter problems on either the Mac App Store or direct versions, please contact us at our support site. Changes since 1.5.0 are only related to bug fixes and sandboxing. This release is now available on both the Mac App Store and direct download.
