Weather4D R&N and distance calculations
Since the arrival of ARM-based Macs (M1… M3…) and the macOS system 11 Big Sur, Weather4D Routing & Navigation works natively on our favorite computers (¹). But this happy event did not go, since then, without some small restrictions. The Read more …
MacENCx64 finally offers global charting
Since taking over MacENC at the end of the year 2020, became MacENCx64 (¹), it took NavStation LLC three laborious years to finalize the implementation of global mapping. Since January 1 2024 it is now done. A Read more …
Connecting USB/Bluetooth GPS with Mac M1 [Update-2]
The arrival of Macs with Apple M1 processors and macOS systems 11 “Big Sur” and macOS 12 “Monterey” caused disappointment among GPS users connected via USB and/or Bluetooth for their navigation applications. In USB, Read more …
Weather4D with Mac M1
We've been talking about it since 2020 on the Weather4D users Facebook group, l’application Weather4D Routage & Navigation (¹) now works on Macs with ARM processors : Mac M1 and later, from macOS 11.x system (“Big Sur” and Read more …
MacENC is back
MacENCx64 is now the name of the MacENC application which has just been published by its new developer NavStation. MacENC has been completely adapted and recompiled into 64 bits for recent MacOS systems and new processors, which explains the news Read more …
Connect Miniplex-2USB with GPSNavX/MacENC
The Miniplex-2 USB multiplexer (¹) by ShipModul company can connect all the instruments on board directly to a USB connector on your Mac. GPSNavX and MacENC software can receive and display NMEA instruments, and Read more …
Bad news from Apple !
In an October post 2009, I headlined “Good news from Apple” mentioning the price drop of the Mac Mini which had just been renewed. This time it’s quite the opposite. ! In the media frenzy surrounding the arrival of the iPad, to Read more …
The question of choice
A reoccurring question comes regularly by email from my visitors : which computer equipment to choose for yachting ? It is a fact that, faced with the spectacular growth in equipment available to recreational sailors, il Read more …
Good news from Apple !
No, I won't tell you about the insolent quarterly results published by Apple (more than 20 million devices sold, all models combined).
I won't tell you about the dizzying rise in Apple shares over the past year either. (to 78 up more to 200 dollars).
No, isn't it. The good news I want to talk about is the new Mac Mini going on sale ! Enjoy, macusers browsers… Read more …