The other, MacTeX, is much larger and includes essentially all software available for typesetting with TeX-like systems, including TeX, LaTeX, XeTeX, LuaTeX, ConTeXt, etc. One, BasicTeX, is relatively small, about 90 MB,īut fully capable of typesetting standard TeX and LaTeX documents.
The MacTeX working group inside TUG provides two install packages. The icon at the top left of our web pages is a link which takes you to this MacTeX home page. When installation is complete, the software is fully configured and ready to use. It contains native code for both Intel and Arm processors. The package is notarized by Apple and uses Apple's standard install technology.
MacTeX is a package which installs TeX Live on the Macintosh. The icon at the top right of our web pages is a link which takes you to the home page of the English language TeX Users Group (TUG).
The binary programs are compiled separately for each platform, but from the same source code. The distribution runs on the Macintosh, Windows, Linux, and Unix machines, using the same packages and fonts on all of these platforms. TeX Live is the standard distribution of TeX, LaTeX, and related programs produced by TeX Users Groups across the world. To download and install MacTeX without further ado, click the link below:
