MacTeX Technical Working Group:
Trying Out TeX

TeX on Mac OS X: The most simple beginner's guide,
by Will Robertson, University of Adelaide, Australia

For the absolute beginner, this is a very brief guide to installing and using TeX
with the i-Installer and TeXShop to get some idea of what TeX can do on the Mac.

Templates for TeXShop

Getting Started with MacOS X TeX/LaTeX,
by Gary Gray, Penn State University, USA, and Joseph Slater, Wright University, USA

For alternative ways on typesetting with TeX on Mac OS X using various Front Ends and Editors. This website also contains a comprehensive set of links to all aspects of TeX on Mac OS X.

LaTeX: It's Not Just for Academia,
by Kevin O'Malley, University of Michigan, USA

Part 1 -- Versions of LaTeX available for Mac OS X.

Part 2 -- Inside document creation and how to accomplish basic writing tasks.

Slide show presentation, Practical TeX 2004, San Francisco, July 2004: LaTeX on Mac OS X

LaTeX for Everyman,
by Adrian Heathcote, University of Sydney, Australia

LaTeX for Everybody (pdf)
-- First Article about LaTeX in a MacWorld issue, Macworld (Australia Edition), Septmeber 2002

Making Books Beautiful Again (pdf)