I'm honored.
I gave up PC's years ago.
I bought an Edge 305 Bundle one year ago. I've got about 250 rides on mine. I've tried all the software. Frankly, TC for Mac was a letdown. It will improve but my initial impression was that Garmin was giving us Mac users lip service. I tried it for a couple of rides and shelved it.
I was fortunate to buy a 2 year Motionbased subscription at the end of 2006 for something around $4 a month. Cheap. Sure, the SVG player doesn't work but I promise you, without Motionbased, Garmin would be struggling worse with Mac software. And I find the Motionbased player kinda hokey (I played around with it under Parallels). Is it really of value? It kept my interest for a few minutes.
Garmin's USB protocols give programmers the shakes. Therein lies the problem.
I just received notice of a new "build" for Parallels. It is downloading as I write this. They are claiming that it works with virtually all USB products. We'll see. I'll know soon but I have to admit that I'm not really that bothered if it doesn't. You see, over time you just learn to adapt to what's available for Macs. Motionbased is it in my book.
So, you ask, is there software that is "Motionbased-like" free of subscriptions? Doubtful. I haven't found it but new software crops up every week. Just last week I ran into
Ascent Training Software for Mac. Before that it was
Track Runner. Check them out and let us all know what you think.
Sorry for the delay in posting. I'm nursing an injury and have been getting treatment today.
Hope this helps.
Best regards all,