- You must first have your GPS device connected to your Mac with the supplied USB data cable and make sure your GPS device display the trident icon (3 pronged fork) if prompted on the screen of your GPS device to connect with MTP please select yes 

- Then open up Basecamp software


- If it is the first time you are connecting your GPS device to your Mac you will have to wait until all of the maps fully cache in Basecamp, this can take 20 minutes the very first time, you will see under the heading Garmin device your maps starting to load


- Once they have loaded , to view, the maps that you have installed on your GPS device please go to the Maps option (top menu) and select the map set that you require

- You may have to zoom in on the maps for the maps to show, you can use a scroll wheel on a mouse to zoom in or move your cursor to the bottom centre of the map and you will see some hidden zoom in tool

There is a video in the online resource taking you through this -

Go to online resource (login), then Courses > Garmin BaseCamp > Garmin BaseCamp - mac users > Unit 3 - Viewing your maps that are on your GPS in BaseCamp and an overview of the map page tools.


If you still have an issue please Give Basecamp Software Full Disk Access on your Mac as follows:

- Once you have installed the software,  before opening it, please goto  the top left menu’s on your Mac and select the Apple Icon, then select System Settings, then Select Privacy & Security – then select Full Disk Access


- If Garmin BaseCamp is not showing in the list of Full Disk Access Applications, select the + icon at the bottom of the list (You will be prompted to enter your Mac password) then select Applications and select Basecamp software to add to the list, make sure it is turned on with the blue tab to the right.



Also if youhave installed Garmin Express Software on your computer please make sure the auto start is disabled and that Garmin Express software is not running in the background when using Garmin basecamp:


Garmin Express Software , disable the Always keep running & automatically open settings.

For Garmin Basecamp to see your connected GPS Device and maps, if you have installed Garmin Express Software that is used for performing firmware & map updates to your GPS Device it needs to be fully closed down, please make sure you have disabled the Automatic running & open Settings.


- From your applications open up Garmin Express Software, then once Garmin Express is opened goto the Garmin Express Menu bar along the top of your Mac and Select Settings.


- In General Settings make sure the Always keep Garmin Express running & automatically open boxes are un-ticked and then close Garmin Express down.


- Now restart your Mac