2 product ratings 2 product ratings - GARMIN USB ANT Stick 010-10999-00 Forerunner Vivosmart Vivoactive Fenix FR. Free shipping. Garmin USB2 Wireless USB Stick 011-02209-00 ANT+ 310XT 405 405CX 410 610 910. Free shipping. I thought you only needed to install the Garmin software if you want to use it to communicate with a Garmin device such as a Forerunner 310xt. Does Trainer road need the Garmin software? Garmin own ANT anyway. I don't think a mac needs a driver. Hope you didn't pay too much for an official Garmin ANT USB stick. In order to be able to install and use the ANT Agent on your Mac, you need to have an Intel-based Mac with OS 10.4.11 or later. You’ll need to have 256 MB RAM and 150 MB of free disk space. Since the ANT Stick is the USB cable for the wireless devices, you’ll need a USB port as well.
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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!
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The answer is that it  does work very well with OSX but there are two separate pieces of software that need to be installed.
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‘.
When it’s downloaded you can test it on this test page:Â 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.