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Replacement for JaVaWa GMTK for Mac

Sat 09 May, 2020 2:13 pm

With the release of 64 bit MacOS Catalina 10.15, older 32 bit apps such as JaVaWa GMTK are no longer compatible. With the author of the app down with illness, it's unlikely it'll be updated. Just wondering here if anyone has found an alternative on the Mac platform to rename and change MapID amongst others to permit installation of OSM maps on a Garmin device.

Any pointers would be highly appreciated.

Re: Replacement for JaVaWa GMTK for Mac

Sun 07 Jun, 2020 8:06 am

I am always keen to find ways around abstructions to getting what I want to work.
A word of warning, I know absolutely nothing about MAC and have no idea if this will actually work.
I found this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhbMyn9iI98
It's a long process but it might be of interest to you.

Re: Replacement for JaVaWa GMTK for Mac

Sun 07 Jun, 2020 12:41 pm

Thanks Neil!

Re: Replacement for JaVaWa GMTK for Mac

Fri 06 Nov, 2020 1:11 am

Gmaptool will change the mapid. Not sure if it changes any of the other name types that the javawa tool does.
Last edited by nevw on Fri 06 Nov, 2020 1:13 am, edited 1 time in total.

Re: Replacement for JaVaWa GMTK for Mac

Fri 06 Nov, 2020 1:12 am

....and the link
http://www.gmaptool.eu/en/content/change-mapid

Re: Replacement for JaVaWa GMTK for Mac

Fri 06 Nov, 2020 1:37 am

Thanks! Unfortunately it's a command line tool still for the Mac version... Bummer. Haven't done UNIX command line for a while and will have to brush up again. At least it's a solution. Appreciate it!

Re: Replacement for JaVaWa GMTK for Mac

Sat 14 Nov, 2020 4:40 pm

I was unable to get either version of the command line versions of gmt to output anything except 'command not found: gmt'
http://www.gmaptool.eu/en/content/os-x-version

Re: Replacement for JaVaWa GMTK for Mac

Sat 14 Nov, 2020 7:08 pm

Thanks! Looks like we’ll have to wait for an alternative.

Re: Replacement for JaVaWa GMTK for Mac

Mon 23 Nov, 2020 11:31 am

This app still works for me on the Mac
https://www.javawa.nl/imgname_en.html
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