I can’t believe I can only put 2 data fields on the map when I could do 4 on the 705. I really only use two screens, my selected data and the map. I did turn autoscroll off, though I discovered after the fact I had to do it for each profile. As I recall it’s not as full featured as rubiTrack or Ascent, but as I said that was a few years ago. The only other app I know of is TurtleSport, which I fooled around with a few years ago, at It looks like it’s been a couple of years since it’s been updated. I also use Golden Cheetah and Garmin Training Center (which probably won’t read FIT from a 1030 either, and is likely to stop working in the near future). Ascent was very nice, and it’s a shame that it was abandoned. The closest thing to Ascent’s list view is Calendar view, but it’s not the same. (The oldest activities I have in rubiTrack are from Jan 2008). I’ve been using rubiTrack since before it was released (I did some beta testing), and it’s always been reliable for me. And, of course, you can always just plug it into your Mac and let Garmin Express take care of syncing if it hasn’t already by some other channel. The 1030 has Bluetooth, so it should also be able to upload through the Connect iPhone app, but pairing it to your phone is a little annoying (you have to pair both within Connect and through Settings->Bluetooth for everything to work, and by “work” I mean usually but not always. When I pull into the driveway and stop and save the activity, in the next minute I’ll see “Ride Uploaded”. If you teach your 1030 about your WiFi network, it’ll upload using it, with only occasional failures if my 1000 is any guide. You should be able to flip through screens manually but not have it switch automatically. Sounds like you might have auto scroll on. I also can’t figure out how to group things by year in the list view, which is how I liked Ascent: $55 is not a horrible price but not if it crashes. But I don’t think Ascent exports my equipment data, and as I was going through Rubitrack preferences, it crashed on me and everything was gone when I reopened it. Rubitrack imported the GPS easily and I was able to export a years of data at a time from Ascent and bring it in. Sadly, I discovered the Montebello site has gone down in the past year or so, so all those forums are gone now too. I need to import the TCX file the FIT file does nothing and GPX is missing heart rate. Turns out Garmin support didn’t delete my Garmin Connect account when they wiped out my 705, so now my stuff seems to go to my phone, the cloud (when it wants too, I have to hit upload a number of times while doing some little dance) and then I can export it back down and import it into Ascent. I’m really on the fence about it.Īs I knew, I can’t import directly into Ascent (which is still working fine on my 2016 Sierra laptop). Holy hell what an adjustment! I finally figured out I can start and stop a workout using an actual button but damned if I can get it to stay on the screen I want it on - or even find the screen again. No need to plug the device in, although I usually do anyway. These days Garmin Connect is used via iOS Garmin Connect or Garmin Express on macOS, and newer devices send directly to Garmin Connect via Bluetooth->LTE or WiFi, so it’s all automatic now. It’ll do everything you’re likely to want, though (and if you can code, you can make it do whatever you want). GoldenCheetah is free and open source, so it should always be available, but I’m not that fond of the interface. RubiTrack is very nice but has to be bought. Good luck finding GTC anywhere, and since it’s 32 bit and it’s been a long time since Garmin supported it, it’s days are numbered. RubiTrack and Garmin Training Center are the stand alones I use. Is there anything else that works as a stand alone product? I read High Sierra definitely broke it but it is still working on my Sierra machine. I will not use Strava or anything else I need to create an account for. I was not thrilled with Garmin Connect ever since the first time I hooked up to it (with the help of Garmin tech support), it completely wiped out all the data on my unit.
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