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Questions tagged [mac]

{mac} is for questions about using TeX on operating systems sold/made by Apple, such as macOS.

Mac is short for Macintosh, a brand of computers created and sold by Apple.

Related tags:

  • an open source TeX distribution for Mac OS X, based on .
  • an integrated text editor and PDF previewer for the Mac designed for editing all kinds of TeX documents.
  • for questions related with the MacPorts Project and TeX.
  • for questions related to the Aquamacs editor for macOS and TeX.

Note that there is an Apple-specific stackexchange site.

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What are the differences between the many LaTeX versions available for OS X?

There are many ways to get LaTeX on an OS X box. I prefer to manage my software via fink, and even then there are a lot of choices. At the time of this writing (2010-08-28) I have the following options: texlive (0.20080816-3) xetex…
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After El Capitan update, TeX doesn't compile

I get this error when clicking "typeset" on TeXShop: "/usr/texbin/pdflatex does not exist. TeXShop is a front end for TeX, but you also need a TeX distribution. Perhaps such a distribution was not installed or was removed during a system upgrade.…
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After El Capitan update, unable to install LateX using MacTex package installer

After updating my Mac to El Capitan my Latex was unable to build any new documents. I tried this method however I was unable to fix the issue. So I deleted Latex off my Mac using AppCleaner and downloaded mactex-20150613 from tug.org/mactex/ Now I…
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How to list dependency packages of a LaTeX file on OS X?

I need to know what packages are used in a LaTeX file. Is there a way to list them? For example, I have a file which uses tikz-dependency, how can I find out which packages this package uses? If there's a fancy OS X way to do it, that's welcome. I…
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texshop cannot find xelatex or LuaLatex

I recently reinstalled MacTex on my mac (OS 10.8.4). The distribution of TexShop is new, version 3.26. For some reason, xelatex and lualatex have disappeared from the pull down menu of tex options. I've tried putting these lines at the top of the…
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Unable to download LaTex on Mac OX-10.7.5

I have tried to follow the advice given here, but am not able to do anything with the files that are contained in the downloaded folder: Install LaTeX on Mac OS Lion 10.7.5 There is only one file that seems readable, but it is for UNIX--and I just…
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What's the perspective on my beloved Textures from Bluesky (refused letter to: president@bluesky.com)

Allegra Smith, I found your email in a discussion thread about the loss of Textures, the one and only great TeX/LaTeX implementation for the Mac. I was so sorry to read about the very unfortunate fate the author had to endure. Textures was such a…
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Where do I need to place mathexam.sty in El Capitan

Since I upgraded my Mac Book to El Capitan, I am not able to use TeXworks. I changed the path in TeXworks Preference Typesetting to /Library/TeX/texbin. And then I get the following error. ! LaTeX Error: File `mathexam.sty' not found. I downloaded…
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Textures under OSX

I use Textures 2.2.0.18 under Mac OSX 10.6.8. Works perfectly. My question is: is anyone using Textures under more advanced versions of OSX, for instance 7 or 8? Thanks in advance.
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After upgrading to OS X Yosemite I cannot run xelatex

When compiling TeX files that compiled OK before the upgrade I get an error message -bash: xelatex: command not found. I have not changed my PATH:…
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problems with lion 10.8.3 on the last iMac 27"

I have tried to typeset very basic documents and it does not work! It cannot find documents like book.class or bk12.clo. I have checked all settings and seem OK (at least the work very well on my airbook an d on any other mac I have ever used). Is…
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Can I just use Mac Grapher to copy LaTeX Expression on this site?

There is a APP on Mac called Grapher,and when you type a mathematics equation,you can use "copy LaTeX Expression",my question is can the expression I used work on this site?I mean just copy and paste.Or more specific ,can it run on Mathematics…
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All Style Files are of kind STY 文件 in Finder

Recently noticed that all .sty appear in the Finder of kind "STY 文件". Now 文件 means "Wénjiàn", which is Chinese for "file". Whats going on here?! Catalina 10.15.7, texlive 2020.
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Mac Program to Get the Latex code of a PDF

I am writing a math paper that uses some long equations from PDFs. Are there any converters from Pdf to Latex?
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Why would my mac running slow after I installed Mactex distribution

I have this question that puzzled me. My mac become quite slow after I installed MacTex distribution and after I uninstalled MacTex, it restored to the original status, running smoothly. I have to use Latex for editing, so I install the smaller…
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