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 5.54
- The annotation panel has an additional check box at top right labeled "Save All". When it is checked, the "Save Annotations" button saves all pages of the pdf file. When it is not checked, "Save Annotations" only saves pages containing annotations. The item is checked when the panel first appears.
- The first time a user chooses the button "Save Annotations", the annotation panel suggests a name and location for the new file. If the main document is titled "Fourier.tex" and its preview output is titled
"Fourier.pdf", the suggested name for the annotated file is "Fourier-Annotated.pdf"
and the location of this file is the folder containing "Fourier.tex".
The user can change the name and location of the annotated file before saving. In that case, the panel will remember the new name and location the next time it is opened. Thus if the first set of annotations is named "Fourier-Annotated.pdf", the next set will initially have this name but can be renamed "Fourier-Annotated1.pdf", and the next set after that will have name "Fourier-Annotated1.pdf" but can be renamed "Fourier-Annotated2.pdf".
- Although TeXShop automatically saves source files, it is not involved in the process of saving pdf output files. In fact, these output files are created by TeX and LaTeX during typesetting and have already been written to disk by the typesetting software when TeXShop regains control of the computer. Since TeXShop is not involved in saving output pdf files, it does not automatically save any annotations users add to these files.
- Therefore if pages are annotated and the user has not yet saved these annotations, several actions may cause the user to lose their annotations. These include typesetting the document again, closing the Preview Window, quitting the entire document being annotated, or quitting TeXShop altogether.
Therefore a series of guard rails have been added to the program to prevent these accidental losses of data. Recall that the annotation panel switches between two modes, "Edit Mode" and "Run Mode". If the user selects "Edit Mode" in the Panel, TeXShop decides that the user is adding new annotations or modifying annotations that already exist. So the next time the user typesets or does another of the dangerous actions listed earlier, the "Save Annotations" panel appears, allowing the user to save annotations. As soon as annotations are saved or the user chooses "Cancel", typesetting or the other action occurs. Since this is an attempt to save data, the entire annotated file is saved even if some pages are not annotated.
TeXShop for Mac
Free
In English
Version 5.54
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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 12 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!
