February 17, 2006 17:29
I have been using several charts from a CD I purchased last year, to use on our boat (iBook G4).
In spite of a decade of Mac use, I cannot see how to install new charts now so that the app will open them. I have d/l a couple of NOAA charts and they appear in a folder marked ENC_ROOT on my desktop. The one large file that is about 1.1 MB and should be the chart will not launch by doubleclicking, and I see no way to bring it into the unusual charting dialog box incorporated in the app.
Sorry to whine, but my other hundreds of text and picture files never do this to me! I must be doing something wrong on a basic level...
Do I need to keep the app and assoc chart files put in a certain place on the HD? Now they are loose in a navigation folder on the desktop.
Thanks.
In spite of a decade of Mac use, I cannot see how to install new charts now so that the app will open them. I have d/l a couple of NOAA charts and they appear in a folder marked ENC_ROOT on my desktop. The one large file that is about 1.1 MB and should be the chart will not launch by doubleclicking, and I see no way to bring it into the unusual charting dialog box incorporated in the app.
Sorry to whine, but my other hundreds of text and picture files never do this to me! I must be doing something wrong on a basic level...
Do I need to keep the app and assoc chart files put in a certain place on the HD? Now they are loose in a navigation folder on the desktop.
Thanks.