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macOS (formerly known as OS X or Mac OS X) is the desktop operating system from Apple, found on Macintosh computers.

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Source .tex invisible

I have a problem with TeXshop (on Sierra). When I click on a .tex-file it compiles it to PDF but I cannot see (and thus modify) the source window. Any idea why ?
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LyX doesn't show boldface letters in MacOS Mojave

This is a bit strange but LyX installed on my system which has now MacOS Mojave has stopped showing boldface letters. It was working perfectly on MacOS Sierra. Initially, I had LyX 2.3.0, I tried ...
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fontspec font-not-found / Invalid fontname on Mac update

Over the past few years, I have had a rare but recurring problem where, when I typeset a document using EB Garamond, which I have installed on my Mac, I receive the following error: (/usr/local/...
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TexShop began crashing…

I've used LaTex steadily over many years now, with TexShop. Today, when I tried to use for first time in a while, it crashed repeatedly. I've updated MacTex to 2021 and independently downloaded the ...
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tlmgr: action not allowed in system mode: ... (texlive)

I made a fresh install of texlive using homebrew on a macbook that have sat unused for about a year. I removed all previous tex distributions I found, both for the (sole) user and systemwide. Now I am ...
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Determine active distribution via shell script

Background: Currently, I have installed /usr/local/texlive/2016 /usr/local/texlive/2017 /usr/local/texlive/2018 With TeXLive, I can use the TeX Live Utility.app to select which TeX distribution to ...
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How do I get rid of side bar in MacOS Texmaker pdf viewer window?

I'm trying to use the built-in pdf viewer in Texmaker on MacOS, but on a separate window from the tex editor. However, there's this large empty space on the left of the pdf viewer window that is ...
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MiKTeX hyphenation not working on MacOS. (There is no hyphenation.)

I have just got my first Mac and I'm trying to setup Latex on my system. Everything seems to work fine, except that MiKTeX refuses to hyphenate words, and as a result my rows overflows the width of ...
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Shortcut to wrap text with latex macro (macOS, systemwide)

I'm looking for a way to create systemwide shortcuts on macOS to wrap selected text with some LaTeX macro (like {}, or \emph{}, but especially I'm interested in some creating some custom ones). I ...
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Correcting quotation mark without autostyle=false{csquotes}

Without autostyle=false in csquotes package the quotation show like this with autostyle=false quotation show a correct typesetting but I need csquotes package for sentences quotation here is the ...
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Can't use minted package in TexStudio

What I get in TexStudio: My terminal setup: TexStudio command line arguments are st up: PC: MacBook Air M2, OS: Ventura 13.0.1 How to make minted work?
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MacOSX Alternative to UltiSnips, and tools to write mathematics notes in LaTeX faster [duplicate]

For writing textual content and mathematical formulas in LaTeX, I use Vim. I use Vim for writing code, markdown, and LaTeX. I have just recently read an article by a Mathematics PhD student, Gilles ...
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