510 and backup issue

[firemanbry]

Hi everyone, I did a search of this and could not find a similar thread, so here goes... Just bought a 510, so far pretty happy with it, although I have had garmin units in the past, and the tomtom seams a bit glitchy at times. But overall pretty happy with it. My problem is when I go to do a back up of my tomtom on my mac (500MHz powerpc g3/OSX 10.3.9) the backup process stops at about 2%. Tried twice, and both times nothing. Go to eject the device and I get the spinning beach ball (same as pc hourglass). I did install a couple of voices before I did the back up. Any suggestions how to complete the backup process? Thanks.

 

[lec510]

Just copy the files without going thru TomTom Home (Window's version is cranky, Mac's is even worse).
As long as you don't miss any hidden files - it should be good.
The last time I used Home is to upgrade the map.
Everything else (including third party programs like TripMaster, or POI ...) you can just drag & drop.

 

[firemanbry]

Just copy the files without going thru TomTom Home (Window's version is cranky, Mac's is even worse).
As long as you don't miss any hidden files - it should be good.
The last time I used Home is to upgrade the map.
Everything else (including third party programs like TripMaster, or POI ...) you can just drag & drop.

I wondered about doing it that way...
So, gave it a try, and worked fine. Thanks much.

 

[Pedro2NR]

I agree.
copying the files seems to be the easiest option.