Garmin has just announced ANT Agent for Mac , an ANT driver for OS X along with a desktop mapping app Garmin Connect. Why is this important? Because the Garmin 405 kicks ass for runners and Mac support is like a cherry on an already delicious cake made of happiness and exercise. And chocolate.
Soon you’ll be able to update your device software and GPS chipset to keep your device up to date. With future releases you’ll be able to send workouts and courses to the Forerunner 405 from Training Center and Garmin Connect, and independently send goals to the Forerunner 405 from Garmin Connect. Future releases will also enable you to update your Forerunner 405’s device software and GPS chipset.
Ant-icon If you’re running a PowerPC Mac, you can expect successful pairing and transfers. Just remember to power down before removing the ANT Stick. We’re currently working on additional support for PowerPC Mac systems. In order to be able to install and use the ANT Agent on your Mac, you need to have an Intel-based Mac with OS 104.4.11 or later. You’ll need to have 256 MB RAM and 150 MB of free disk space. Since the ANT Stick is the USB cable for the wireless devices, you’ll need a USB port as well.
I’m downloading and installing the goods right now. I’ll let you know how it goes.
it about fn time.. but thanks for getting it 2 us osx users.. much appreciated :-)
hmm, it is not working on my computer. no idea yet…
got it working; had another driver that seemed to be used instead of the correct one.
downloaded it on saturday… it’s not pretty, but it works fine on my late 2008 macbook pro… nice to finally be able to upload and view the data in a graphical format
Just to let the interested know. TrailRunner, the route planning and journaling application for MacOS X will support the new ANT agent in the next release. Read more here:
http://homepage.mac.com/berbie/TrailRunner/blog/files/garmin_forerunner_ant_mac_import.html
- berbie
it completely screwed up my VMware Fusion/XP install (the Mac OSX agent is locking the USB resource) and
1) it won’t upload to OSX firefox, the pluggin installs but the test page never find the device
2) if you install and don’t remove the “delete workout” then …well you’ll lose the workout which won’t transfer to Garmin Connect
3) a long workout (or a race ?) forget about it too, it won’t transfer to GC …
the simple fact that the Ant agent on OSX does not come with a uninstall program should have alerted me.
once more, the Garmin folks are showing that they can make a great product (the forerunner 405) but they can’t write a decent piece of code to support it.
I send them support request with screenshots of my OSX problem and they direct me to a XP page …
seriously !!
I think I am going back to Polar.
a not very happy customer
Phil
Is the only way that you can connect the watch to the mac, by having a ANT stick?