Questions tagged [macos]
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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Install MTPro2 on macOS Sierra 10.12
I am trying to install MTPro2 following the instructions here. I have MacTex 2017 installed.
$ ./mtpro2-texlive.sh -i ../mtp2lite.zip.tpm
Installing MathTime Professional 2 from ../mtp2lite.zip.tpm.
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Updating tlmgr itself gives error about wrong repository
I've recently upgraded macOS to 13.1. When upgrading TeXLive, the error indicated I need to fix my repository. How?
$ tlmgr update --self
/Library/TeX/texbin/tlmgr: TLPDB::from_file could not ...
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How to uninstall TeXstudio on macOS?
I am still new to macOS. How do I uninstall TeXstudio?
It is "only" a DMG file. Is it enough to just move it to the trash?
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tlgmr error: First directive needs to be 'name'…
I asked this question on stackoverflow first (see here), buy asking her too.
I am getting the following error on various tlmgr related commands, such as:
| => tlmgr list
First directive needs to ...
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Using SVG package in Latex (pdflatex) on macOS Catalina
Compilation fails after inkscape: command not found but I'm able to convert svg manually in terminal.
The following command works 👍 and produce the img.pdf file.
inkscape img.svg --export-type=pdf
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Running pdflatex from a RAM disk
For performance reasons. I would like to be able to run pdflatex directly from memory and not have to go to disk. Plan is to set up a RAM disk, /RamDisk, and run everything there.
Currently I have ...
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Why did a full TeXLive 2016 install on macOS Sierra not include Tk for `tlmgr --gui`?
I have a clean, full install of TeXLive 2016 on macOS Sierra on a new laptop.
I discovered that tlmgr --gui wasn't working, saying it needed perl-tk. Which, I'm ok with in theory, but going to the ...
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Texshop : shortcut for renaming environment
There is a very convenient macro in Emacs+AucteX and I wonder whether it exists in TeXShop. It consists in renaming an environment automatically. Suppose I start with
\begin{itemize}
\item blabla
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TeXstudio default setting saves the .pdf and auxiliary files to a different location than the .tex file on a MacBook M2 Pro
I have recently transitioned from a Windows machine to Apple silicon. I have a MacBook M2 Pro.
I just installed TeXstudio on my MacBook. So, I was trying to create a document to see how it works out ...
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How do I set the TeXLive system font path for fontspec on macOS?
MacTeX / TeXlive 2021 on macOS 10.15.7
I'm trying without luck to use Times New Roman via the fontspec package.
I've read that:
fc-list : family | sort
will produce a list of system fonts that I ...
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Where can I find TeX Live after installing via Homebrew?
I installed TeX Live via Homebrew (4.1.17) on my Mac (macOS Sonoma 14.1): brew install texlive. Now, I'd like to use this TeX Live distribution in IntelliJ IDEA with the plugin TeXiFy IDEA.
When ...
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How can I enable common Latex shortcuts for em-dashes (---) and quotation marks (`` '') while using a system font?
I am using TexpadTeX (from the Mac application Texifier/TexPad) and am trying to use Adobe's Garamond Premier Pro font, which is a system font on MacOS.
I'm also very used to using some widely-used ...
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Starting up LaTeX file on Mac for first time: "log file not found" error
I have just installed texmaker on my Macbook Air M1, 2020 along with Miktex. It is macOS Ventura 13.1. After setting up a minimal file, it returns the error "Log File not found!" (this is ...
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On LyX 2.3.7 for macOS, full screen option have no effect
Changing fullscreen options (Preferences > Editing > Control) has no effect. Text width remains unchanged, toolbars don't disappear, but the menu bar is hidden. I find no reports on this ...
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LyX preview of child document in main document not working
This is a LyX specific question. I would like to work with a main document and insert different parts (e.g. chapters) into the main document as child documents. One can do this in LyX using
Insert >...
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