I have both of these items and can not get them to work together. Anyone out that can help?

TIA
Sheila

Just answered your pm

Hey everyone, I was able to get it to work. Took me 4 times to figure it out. I can be a little slow sometimes

I'd love to hear how it all worked out. I just got a mini and I'm not sure if SCLA or MTC will work with mini?

Anyone?

Had to download Cricut Design Studio trial version ( http://www.cricut.com/CricutDesignStudio/Cricut_DesignStudio_FAQ.aspx ) and then update the firmware. After it is installed, you go the help button and then update the firmware. Make sure that your cricut is not hooked up to your computer while installing the software for cricut or the firmware. When this is done plug your cricut into your computer, open MTC and follow the instructions. MTC has an awesome forum that is very helpful. That is where I found my help.

Just wanted to add that yes...make the cut forum people really are VERY helpful. Wish we had more cake people over there...hint hint

Hi Sheilabelle,

Can you tell me which firmware selection you used? I have the cake mini and when I go to help-->update firmware--> I don't see any option for the mini. What am I missing here?

Thanks,
Scott

I chose the Cricut Personal (the smallest, same as mini except for scrapbooking.). I just used it today. Still having some issue with the gumpaste but making progress.

You rock. Thanks.

Did your mini come with the connecting cable? Mine did not.

No cable with mine that I remember but I have a bunch of USB cables around the house.

Oh ok so any USB cable will work if it fits. Thanks

Well darn it. I can't use my MAC to do this.

I have MTC. It's not compatible with a Mac but I hear that SCAL is Mac Friendly

I'm wondering which program, MTC or SCAL, is the most versital and user friendly. I want to purchase one of the programs, but not sure which would be better. I've read that the possibilities are endless with one of the programs, but can't remember which one. Any help will be greatly appreciated. TIA
Vickey

My DH gave me MTC for Christmas and I love it! It has a lot of great features and is very user friendly. My sister has SCAL and I have used her program briefly. It's also a very nice program but MTC seems a little easier to use/ more user friendly to me.

With MTC you can install it on more than one computer which I like, I'm not sure if you're allowed to do that with SCAL. I like that I can load it on my laptop also and take it with me to work on designs while I'm away from home. MTC isn't mac compatible but SCAL is.

SCAL is mac friendly. I got my cake mini working with SCAL for mac last night. I upgraded the firmware to the create firmware via the trial CDS. I have Parallels on my mac so I just loaded up CDS there.

Seems to work so far.

I use SCAL on a Mac (although I have the Cricut Cake, not Mini). I had problems to begin with, but finally got mine to work with the Mac after emailing the support guys at Craftedge, they were very helpful. For some reason, the latest version of SCAL did not work for me. They emailed me various versions and we finally got one that worked fine on my Mac (an iMac that I only bought a couple months ago).

You can install SCAL on 2 computers. But they must both either be PC or Mac, it is not interchangeable. I have it installed on my Macbook at home, and iMac at work.

With MTC you can use any image file such as a jpg png svg and it will trace the shape for you

It helps to choose images that are high quality with simple clean lines. Coloing pages make really nice images to trace

Sometimes I use photohop elements to 'clean up' the jpg first and remove any lines I don't want in the traced image but you can separate the image once it's traced and do that in MTC as well.

I have the Martha Stewart Cake Cricut. Does anyone know if I need to upload newer firmware for that particular machine. Also, will I also need to first download trial CDS prior to downloading MTC? TIA for any information y'all might have.

Don't know about updating firmware for the MS Cricut model, but I did have to update the firmware for the original Cake for the newest version of MTC to work. You do not need Design Studio at all to use MTC - you just need the trial version to update firmware occasionally.