TeXShop for Mac
TeX front-end.
Free
In English
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TeXShop overview
TeXShop is a TeX previewer for OS X, written in Cocoa. Since PDF is a native file format on OS X, TeXShop uses "pdftex" and "pdflatex"; rather than "tex" and "latex" to typeset; these programs in the standard teTeX distribution of TeX produce PDF output instead of DVI output.
TeXShop uses TeX Live, a standard distribution of Tex programs maintained by the TeX Users Group (TUG) for Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, and various other Unix machines. The distribution includes tex, latex, dvips, tex fonts, cyrillic fonts, and virtually all other programs and supporting files commonly used in the TeX world. The most recent version of this distribution is maintained for the Mac by the MacTeX TeXnical Working Group of the TeX Users Group and available under the "Obtaining" tab.
The latest TeXShop release, version 3, requires System 10.7 (Lion). An earlier version of TeXShop, version 2, is also maintained and requires System 10.4 (Tiger), although System 10.5 (Leopard) is strongly recommended because it fixes several important bugs in Apple's PDFKit code, extensively used in TeXShop. Users with systems 10.2 or 10.3 should use TeXShop 1.43, and users with systems 10.0 and 10.1 should use TeXShop 1.19. Both of these versions are available on this site.
TeXShop is distributed under the GPL public license, and thus free.
What’s new in version 5.36
- In a document with over a thousand pages, the PageNumber box in the toolbar displays the number with a comma, as in 1,325. But users who want to go to a different page must enter the new page number without a comma. This makes it impossible to edit the existing number, say by changing 25 to 17 to go to page 1,317. This is fixed.
- Suppose a document has several pages of preliminary material before the main text begins. Perhaps these preliminary pages are numbered i, ii, iii, iv, v, ... and the main pages are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ... Then entries in the PageNumber box will not be in sync with the actual page numbers in the text. The previous version of TeXShop introduced a fix for this problem, which required the user to insert a magic comment line and manually indicate the number of preliminary pages. The fix then numbered the preliminary pages 1#, 2#, 3#, ... and the main pages 1, 2, 3, ... Moreover, users could enter a number like 17 in the box to go to main page 17, and 2# in the box to go to the second preliminary page.
- TeXShop users need to find a way to remember these additional lines. Some may add items to the Macro menu, while others may modify their templates. It is also possible to add appropriate items to the Command Completion dictionary.
- After these lines have been added to the source, it is necessary to typeset to see changes in the PageNumber box. A lot of effort has gone into modifying the PageNumber whenever appropriate information is available in the log file. When TeXShop opens a new document, it checks to see if a log file is present, and if so it reads the log file to adjust the PageNumber box. If TeXShop is closed while documents are open, the documents will reappear the next time TeXShop starts with correct PageNumber entries.
Full list of changes available here
TeXShop for Mac
Free
In English
Version 5.36
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Nov 4 2023
Version: 5.21
In 2021 a user (pigman41 in the reviews) wrote "I cannot typeset any tex file. The console box says "I can't write on file 'math.log'". Can anyone help please?" This is 2023, and I am trying to use TeXShop again after last using it in 2022, and I find I have the same problem. A TeX doc that worked before now produces "I can't write on file 'filename.log'" and then adds "Please type another transcript file name." But no matter what name I try, the response is still the same.
Nov 4 2022
Version: 5.03
I have OS 10.15.7 on an Intel Mac. The version prior to 5.03, however, initially worked and then did not. TeXShop just simply would not open. I updated to 5.03 and still the same issue. TeXShop will still not open. I believe I have removed most or all of the older version but even so a fresh install did not work either. Is there an uninstall app for TeXShop or do you have suggestions for what files might still linger and that need to be removed? In the meantime I will go back to the latest version 4.
Thanks!
Nov 11 2021
Version: 4.68
I don't know what happened. TeXShop stops working today. It was fine yesterday and I did not change anything on my computer. The preview panel does not show the pdf files. And I cannot typeset any tex file. The console box says "I can't write on file 'math.log'". Can anyone help please?
Sep 22 2019
Version: 4.41
Forgot the ***** in my previous comment...
How come the files of the best available Latex front-hand application still lack a TexShop icon of their own?... Blaming Apple's policy is not the answer... It is time to do something about it. Note: My previous complain on this very issue is already two years old. Still patiently waiting... And yes, TexShop is irreplaceable!
