Are all downloads broken here?

[PaulHeckbert]

Are all downloads broken here? GPSFileDepot used to work for me, the previous times I needed it, months ago, but not now.

I tried Montana Topo + National Forests 2023 Map for Mac (https://www.gpsfiledepot.com/maps/view/87/downloadmac/)
... nothing happens when I try to download, last week and again today

I tried Big Desert Southwest Map for Mac (https://www.gpsfiledepot.com/maps/view/701/downloadmac/)
... nothing happens

I tried MidWest Topo United States Map for Mac (https://www.gpsfiledepot.com/maps/view/162/downloadmac/)
... nothing happens

I tried Pennsylvania Topo Map for Mac (which I downloaded from here years ago, but don't need again, https://www.gpsfiledepot.com/maps/view/198/downloadmac/)
... nothing happens

Is GPSFileDepot broken? If not, how can I get it to work?

[Boyd]

Sorry you're having trouble, but it must be on your end. Just downloaded all of the links that you posted, it was very fast, each one took less than a minute.

Since these are Mac versions, were you using a Mac? I used Safari on MacOS Monterey here with no problems. However, just tried downloading that first Map with Chrome on the same Mac and nothing happened. Then I tried the same download with Microsoft Edge on the same Mac and got an error that it "couldn't be downloaded securely".

Not sure what's going on, but try using Safari on the Mac.

[PaulHeckbert]

Using Mac and Chrome 127.0.6533.89, download from gpsfiledepot does nothing (no error message, just no-op). But Safari worked. Thanks.

Suggestion: make gpsfiledepot work more reliably with Chrome. I see that others have had similar problems in the past: https://forums.gpsfiledepot.com/index.php?topic=4923.0

[Boyd]

Yeah, I can't get it to work with Chrome either. Sorry, I have no control over such things, I'm just a moderator for the forums. The site owner would have fix that and unfortunately he's not around much.

You could post about it here, but realistically, I'd just use Safari since it works and it's not likely that the site will be updated anytime soon.

https://forums.gpsfiledepot.com/index.php/board,3.0.html

[sockmonkey]

Right click here on the screen that appears something something 3 seconds after you click on link

Select Copy Link

Open new tab

Paste into the address bar of new tab, enter, download dialog will appear

Enjoy the map!

This is Chrome or Chrome derivatives that will have this problem, not just here but other sites old and new.

[sockmonkey]

I should of added you should see this in the address bar except the number will change.  These are in order of uploaded maps.  You could also sub id= to the map you are trying to download

https://www.gpsfiledepot.com/maps/download.php?map_id=858&mac=yes

[Boyd]

Select Copy Link

Open new tab

Paste into the address bar of new tab

Cool - that works!    I had tried just right-clicking the "here" link but that didn't work. However, copying/pasting into the address bar does work.