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 5.49
- Last year, TeXShop 5.00 through TeXShop 5.48 crashed when run on macOS Mojave. The bug is fixed and TeXShop 5.49 again works on High Sierra and above using either Intel or Arm processors.
- Sequoia 15.2 introduced a new feature called Math Expression Completion. When the user typed "e = " in an editor, the editor automatically added "2.718". This feature was on by default, but a new TeXShop 5.48 preference turned it off.
- According to Apple's documentation, MathExpressionCompletion can have three values. So TeXShop 5.49 revises the associated preference and allows users to select any of the three values. As before defaults write TeXShop MathExpressionCompletion 0
- sets the value to NSTextInputTraitTypeNo and turns the item off. This is its default value. Changing the last integer to 1 sets the value to NSTextInputTraitTypeYes, and setting the last integer to 2 sets the value to NSTextInputTraitTypeDefault. Both of these choices turn the feature on. All other last integers set the value to NSTextInputTraitTypeNo and turn the feature off. In earlier betas of Sequoia 15.3, these new preference values failed to turn the feature back on, but they work correctly in the release version of Sequoia 15.3.
- TeXShop 5.49 has Latexmk 4.86a.
- A new template named LatexSpanishTemplate by Juan Luis Varona Malumbres contains recommended packages for Spanish; comments in the template list similar packages for other European languages. This template is provided automatically for new users, but TeXShop does not update the Templates folder for older users. These users will find the template in ~/Library/TeXShop/New/Templates and can move it to the active location ~/Library/TeXShop/Templates.
- Several users working with tabbed windows ran into the same problem. They saw the item "If Sync Opens a New Window, Open as Tab in Root Window" in TeXShop Preferences and turned this item on. The item is a relic of older days before TeXShop fully supported Apple's tab design, and should be off for most users. This fact is pointed out in the manual and it is off by default for new users. I don't want to remove the item because a few users on older systems may still use it. The English localization of Preference Settings now warns against activating the item.
- The "About TeXShop" dialog now claims a copyright from 2001 to 2025.
TeXShop for Mac
Free
In English
Version 5.49
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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!
