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Welcome to the Macintosh! Nowadays it's not a big difference how to use TeX on MacOS or any other Unix.== Introduction ==
==MacTeX==The straightforward way to to install For getting ConTeXt on MacOSX at the moment is via the [[http://www.tug.org/mactex/ MacTeXMkIV]] distributiononto a Mac there are basically two routes to take. The MacTeX (TeXLive distribution includes [[http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/ TeXShop]]made especially for Mac OSX) and the ConTeXt Suite (Standalone), and many many other goodiesrecommended for all those that want the most current versions or latest developments in ConTeXt.
* [http://www.tug.org/mactex/ Download and follow the instructions] (if you have a broad bandwith internet connection)* You can also [[http://tug.org/texlive/acquire.html buy a TeXlive DVD]] (if you Naturally, there are other ways, but they are a member of a TeX user group you often get it more for free),* or download experienced Mac users and install a TeXlive image from those comfortable with using the webcommand line.
==gwTeX / i-Installer==Before * The simplest method is to use MacTeX, but as this is essentially TeXLive you will not have the best way to use ConTeXt on Mac has been [http://ii2.sourceforge.net/tex-index.html gwTeX] via [http://ii2.sourceforge.net Gerben Wierda's i-Installer] so farmost recent binaries (generally frozen for a year). * download [http://ii2.sourceforge.net iThe advantage is that you get TeX et al, fonts and some nice utilities, including the editor TeXShop (highly recommended) which can run ConTeXt and TeX-Installer] and check Variants from within the "known packages"* install editor without any knowledge of the TeXlive treecommand line.* install ConTeXt Suite (Standalone) is recommended for those that wish to have the latest stable version, latest developmental version, or wish to run several versions of ConTeXt beta* optionally install XeTeXside by side. The downside to the side by side approach is that you need some knowledge of how to use the command line and how to set-up the paths in a Unix environment.
However, it's <b>not supported any more</b> since January 2007, which means that you cannot post bug reports or feature requests to the author any more, but ConTeXt updates are still available and it works as expected.== MacTeX ==
==TeXshop==It should work out of the box, also on Intel-based Mac. Nevertheless, it has been reported that After installing MacTeX all you may need to configure do is set up TeXShop to use ConTeXt, see the TeX engine after installation as reported below:[[TeXShop]] page.
"I went to preferences→engine === Installing MacTeX === * [http://www.tug.org/mactex/ Download and in follow the instructions from the top boxMacTeX site] (Installer larger than 2GB, filled in what it said in instructions for slower internet connections on the brackets (i.e. <tt>site of MacTeX) * You can also [http:/usr/localtug.org/teTeXTeXLive/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current</tt> not <tt>/usr/texbin</tt> as was shown acquire.html buy a TeXLive DVD] (if you are a member of a TeX user group you often get it for some reason as the defaultfree). Note ==Standalone ConTeXt== The new [[LMTX]] distribution is also that I did this able to run [[MkIV]] files. See [[Installation]] or [[Installing ConTeXt LMTX on MacOS]] for details. == Configuring ConTeXt-Aware Editors on the Mac == Typically, most editors work out of the box with MacTeX, but if you are using a powerbook G4 version earlier than those shipped with MacTeX 2011 (TeXShop 2.42), or if you would like to use the Standalone distribution (ConTeXt Suite), you need to configure engines for ConTeXt manually. * [[TeXShop]]* [[TeXworks]]* [[Texpad]]* [[BBEdit]]* [[TextMate]] == Skim (PDF viewer) == Unless you are using TeXshop or TeXworks with built-in viewers, the recommended PDF viewer with SyncTeX support and auto-refresh on Feb 11, 2007Mac OS X is [http://skim-app.sourceforge.net/ Skim]." == More Links ==
==More Links==
* [http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/ Mac OS X TeX/LaTeX Web Site] (Penn State University)
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< [[Installation hints]] | [[TeX Distributions]] >
The easiest way to install ConTeXt on Mac OSX is to use the the MacTeX distribution. MacTeX is a TeXLive distribution modified especially for use on Mac OSX. It includes will install every thing you need to run ConTeXt, TeX, LaTeX, Xe(La)TeX, along with the <code>texmfstart<editors [http:/code> script /www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/ TeXShop] and installs both pdfTeX TeXWorks, the TeX Live Utility for managing updates, fonts and [[XeTeX]] formats automaticallymany other goodies.
As MacTeX is a TeXLive distribution all binaries are generally frozen for a year. If you wish to have an ancient installation, a more current version or the latest beta version of ConTeXt you should replace consider, also installing the teTeX-based variant with TeXLive-based one:* uninstall both <i>"gwTeX Support: ConTeXt updater"</i> (<code>context-update.ii2</code>) and <i>Suite"DEPRECATED gwTeX based on teTeXoften called "</i> (<code>tex.ii2</code>)* install <b>"gwTeX based on TeXLiveStandalone ConTeXt"</b> (<code>texlive.ii2</code>) and <i>"ConTeXt updater"</i> again
* [http://www.tug.org/mactex/ MacTeX Home Page] (MacTeX at TUG)
* [http://www.uoregon.edu/~koch/texshop/texshop.html TeXshop], a simple, elegant TeX editor and PDF viewer.
* There are more [[iTeXMacText Editors]], a more fully featured, but sometimes more complex, TeX editor and PDF viewerthat support ConText.* [http://www.ing.unipi.it/~d9615/homepage/texniscope.html TeXniscope] is an interesting, auto-updating PDF- and DVI viewer, especially helpful when you're updating documents from the command line or otherwise outside of the above-mentioned integrated editor/viewers.* [http://pdfview.sourceforge.net/ PDFView] is a lightweight Mac OS X application to display PDF files with auto-update and [http://itexmac.sourceforge.net/pdfsync.html PDFSync] function.{{Installation navbox}}
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