Ok the instructions that come with the Garmin forerunner are completely wrong, the CD is useless (it has the manual but no software) and the Garmin support website is not much help either. There are all sorts of discussions on the Garmin site for Mac users about ‘it does work with Lion’, ‘it doesn’t work with Lion’ and so on. At one point it even had me downloading a PC .exe file!

The answer is that it does work very well with OSX but there are two separate pieces of software that need to be installed.

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The ANT+ Stick is a neat device that sits in one of your laptop’s USB ports, allowing it to send and receive the ANT+ protocol. They used to be the size of a normal USB stick, but ANT+ Mini USB. Disabling Garmin ANT Agent/Express Garmin ANT Agent and Garmin Express are programs that run in the background of your computer, allowing you to connect ANT+ devices and upload data. For example, a rider would use ANT Agent or Express to connect and upload data from their Garmin 910XT watch to Garmin Connect. Blog Careers Connect IQ Garmin Coach Garmin Connect Garmin Express Garmin Enterprise Health Solutions Garmin Pay Garmin Pros Garmin Technology Strategic Relationships FORERUNNER® 745 GPS smartwatch featuring built-in sports apps, contactless payments, music and all-day health monitoring.

1. The first piece of software is a Safari/Firefox/Chrome Plugin that lets your browser talk to your Garmin. You can download it from garmin.com under ‘Support’ menu then ‘Software’ then ‘Software for Mac OS’ then ‘Garmin Communicator Plugin‘.

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When it’s downloaded you can test it on this test page: http://www8.garmin.com/products/communicator/test/

2. The second piece of software is a USB driver that talks to the Antenna. Again, you get it from ‘Support’ menu then ‘Software’ then ‘Software for Mac OS’ then ‘Garmin ANT Agent’. When it’s downloaded you can ‘pair’ with your Garmin device as per the instructions.

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Finally if you want you can go to the mac app store and download the Garmin fitness software for free.