Running LaTeX on Your Mac OS X Computer
September 15, 2008
Mark Senn

The last paragraph of Downloading MacTeX supersedes all information on this web page for installing TeX on a Macintosh. This web page will be updated later.

Installing LaTeX

Do these steps to install LaTeX:
  1. Download MacTeX.mpkg.zip.
  2. Double click on the just downloaded MacTeX.dmg.
  3. Double click on the MacTeX.pkg icon now displayed and install the software.

Running LaTeX

  1. Start TeXShop.app by doing
    1. Click on the background of the desktop.
    2. Do, at menu at top of screen, File => New Finder Window.
    3. Click on ``Applications''.
    4. Double click on ``TeX''.
    5. Double click on ``TeXShop.app''.
  2. Enter these lines in the main part of the window. 
\documentclass{report}
\begin{document}
This is page 1.
\newpage
This is page 2.
\newpage
This is page 3.
\end{document}
  1. Do Apple key with 't' key at same time to typeset.
  2. Save as short.tex.
  3. Preview, print, whatever you want to do.

Revised: September 15, 2008
Created: March 12, 2007