Garmin nuvi 50LM Owner's Manual - Page 21

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About Memory Cards You can purchase memory cards from an electronics supplier, or purchase pre-loaded Garmin mapping software (www.garmin.com/trip_planning). In addition to map and data storage, the memory card can be used to store files such as maps, images, geocaches, routes, waypoints, and custom POIs. Installing a Memory Card The device supports microSD™ and microSDHC memory or data cards. Insert a memory card into the slot on the device. Transferring Files from Your Computer 1 Connect the device to your computer (page 2). Your device and memory card appear as removable drives in My Computer in Windows and as mounted volumes on Mac computers. NOTE: Some computers with multiple network drives cannot display nüvi drives. See your operating system Help file to learn how to map the drives. 2 On your computer, open the file browser. 3 Select the file. 4 Select Edit > Copy. 5 Open the Garmin or memory card drive or volume. 6 Select Edit > Paste. The file appears in the list of files in the device memory or on the memory card. Disconnecting the USB Cable 1 Complete an action: • For Windows computers, click the eject icon in your system tray. • For Mac computers, drag the volume icon to the Trash . nüvi 30/40/50 Owner's Manual 17

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nüvi 30/40/50 Owner’s Manual
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About Memory Cards
You can purchase memory cards from an electronics
supplier, or purchase pre-loaded Garmin mapping
software (
www.garmin.com/trip_planning
). In
addition to map and data storage, the memory card
can be used to store files such as maps, images,
geocaches, routes, waypoints, and custom POIs.
Installing a Memory Card
The device supports microSD™ and microSDHC
memory or data cards.
Insert a memory card into the slot on the device.
Transferring Files from Your
Computer
1
Connect the device to your computer (
page 2
).
Your device and memory card appear as
removable drives in My Computer in Windows
and as mounted volumes on Mac computers.
NOTE
: Some computers with multiple network
drives cannot display nüvi drives. See your
operating system Help file to learn how to map
the drives.
2
On your computer, open the file browser.
3
Select the file.
4
Select
Edit
>
Copy
.
5
Open the
Garmin
or memory card drive or
volume.
6
Select
Edit
>
Paste
.
The file appears in the list of files in the device
memory or on the memory card.
Disconnecting the USB Cable
1
Complete an action:
For Windows computers, click the eject icon
in your system tray.
For Mac computers, drag the volume icon to
the
Trash
.