UCSD Mathematics: TeX/LaTeX for Mac OS X

If you want a TeX/LaTeX typesetting system for your own personally-owned Mac OS X computer like the one used on the UCSD Mathematics Department computers, the application programs you need are:
  1. MacTeX - TeX/LaTeX system (includes TeXShop/TeXworks)   (FREE)
    http://www.tug.org/mactex/

  2. Adobe Reader - PDF file viewer   (FREE)
    http://www.adobe.com/

  3. MacGhostView - PostScript file viewer   (SHAREWARE)
    http://www.kiffe.com/macghostview.html

  4. MacDviX - DVI file viewer   (SHAREWARE)
    http://www.kiffe.com/textools.html

To update the individual applications included with the MacTeX package:

  1. TeXShop - TeX-aware editor and GUI frontend/IDE shell
    http://pages.uoregon.edu/koch/texshop/

  2. TeXworks - TeX-aware editor and GUI frontend/IDE shell
    http://www.tug.org/texworks/

  3. BibDesk - bibliography manager
    http://bibdesk.sourceforge.net/

  4. Excalibur - LaTeX-aware spell checker
    http://excalibur.sourceforge.net/

  5. LaTeXiT - equation editor utility
    http://pierre.chachatelier.fr/latexit/latexit-home.php?lang=en

Other TeX/LaTeX Systems for Mac OS X

  1. CTAN's TeX Systems for Mac OS X
    http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/mac/

  2. Textures  (COMMERCIAL)
    http://www.bluesky.com/

  3. OzTeX  (SHAREWARE)
    http://www.trevorrow.com/oztex/

  4. CMacTeX  (FREE)
    http://www.kiffe.com/cmactex.html

  5. TeXShell  (FREE)
    http://www.kiffe.com/textools.html

  6. Latexian  (COMMERCIAL)
    http://tacosw.com/latexian/

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