As an aside, a Macbook Air<\/strong> (or Pro) is required to run QGIS<\/strong> – a Neo won’t be sufficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Install the Trilobite app from the iPhone\/iPad<\/strong> App Store – https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/au\/app\/australian-geology-travel-maps\/id1361470455<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Use ‘Manage downloads<\/strong>‘ in exactly the same way as you do on your iPhone or iPad, when you have a good internet connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can do similarly with .kml, spatialite<\/strong> (.sqlite), .geojson and .mbtiles<\/strong> files<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the absence of a wifi network, the simplest way to do this is to backup<\/strong> your locations or trails<\/strong> to a USB stick – from an Android<\/strong> or Apple<\/strong> device – (see backups<\/a>), then insert the USB stick into the MacBook and import<\/strong> the data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You cannot record trails because there is no GPS (explained above), but you can create marked locations<\/strong> and save this data to a .csv<\/strong> file. This is via the ‘Backup my locations<\/strong>‘ option in the app menu<\/strong> (icon with 3 horizontal bars). Then this can be imported into the Trilobite app on either an Apple or Android device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" General information The iPhone\/iPad Trilobite app runs on Macbooks released in 2020 and beyond – Macbook pro, air & neo. The Macbook does not have GPS hardware or an internal compass, so is not a field device, but you can use it in the home, office or base camp, if you like the bigger screen … <\/p>\nScreenshot of Macbook full-screen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Downloading maps and data layers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Importing locations and trails<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Transferring data from your phone\/tablet to your Macbook while in a base camp<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Exporting locations from your Macbook<\/h2>\n\n\n\n