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Garmin GPSMAP 86 - Transferring Files to Your Device; Deleting Files; Disconnecting the USB Cable

Garmin GPSMAP 86
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Transferring Files to Your Device
1 Connect the device to your computer.
On Windows computers, the device appears as a removable drive or a portable device, and the memory card
may appear as a second removable drive. On Mac computers, the device and memory card appear as
mounted volumes.
NOTE: Some computers with multiple network drives may not display device drives properly. See your
operating system documentation to learn how to map the drive.
2 On your computer, open the file browser.
3 Select a file.
4 Select Edit > Copy.
5 Open the portable device, drive, or volume for the device or memory card.
6 Browse to a folder.
7 Select Edit > Paste.
The file appears in the list of files in the device memory or on the memory card.
Deleting Files
NOTICE
If you do not know the purpose of a file, do not delete it. Your device memory contains important system files
that should not be deleted.
1 Open the Garmin drive or volume.
2 If necessary, open a folder or volume.
3 Select a file.
4 Press the Delete key on your keyboard.
NOTE: If you are using an Apple
®
computer, you must empty the Trash folder to completely remove the files.
Disconnecting the USB Cable
If your device is connected to your computer as a removable drive or volume, you must safely disconnect your
device from your computer to avoid data loss. If your device is connected to your Windows computer as a
portable device, it is not necessary to safely disconnect the device.
1 Complete an action:
For Windows computers, select the Safely Remove Hardware icon in the system tray, and select your
device.
For Apple computers, select the device, and select File > Eject.
2 Disconnect the cable from your computer.
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