Re: Autoupdate and TeXShop
Murray Eisenberg <[email protected]> Thu, 22 Jan 2026 21:20:54 -0500
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--Apple-Mail=_473866C3-7625-4039-9448-134A8D419AAB Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 When you install (or update) an app that is not from the Apple App = Store, typically macOS, as a security measure, asks you to enter your = login password FOR YOUR MAC -- the same one you enter when you turn the = Mac on and login to it. That's undoubtedly what's going on with updating TeXShop. But before you just do the autoupdate from within TeXShop... are you = running macOS Tahoe (macOS 26.x)? If so, you surely want the special = version of TeXShop adapted to Tahoe, which is available from the Tahoe = page at https://pages.uoregon.edu/koch/texshop/ . t=20 > On Jan 22, 2026, at 6:14=E2=80=AFPM, [email protected] wrote: >=20 > From: Jay Beder <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > To: "Justin C. Walker" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Cc: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Autoupdate and TeXShop > Message-ID: > = <CAA_-NnHZ5F8wT43hLM7YNr=3DE50EMmiU1+SBeaCW3=3D42omtWT=3DQ@mail.gmail.com = <mailto:CAA_-NnHZ5F8wT43hLM7YNr=3DE50EMmiU1+SBeaCW3=3D42omtWT=3DQ@mail.gma= il.com>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3D"utf-8" >=20 > [image: Screenshot 2026-01-21 at 3.17.10?PM.png] >=20 > Just so you see what I'm being asked by TexShop. This is rather = obscure, > since I don't recall having had to create an account with TexShop or = with > MacTeX. I'd appreciate any assistance you can provide. > Jay >=20 > On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 8:39?PM Jay Beder <[email protected] = <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >=20 >> Justin -- To log on to what? Does TexShop have a login? I'm not = aware of >> it. And I've never had to log on to MikTeX. >>=20 >> On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 6:28?PM Justin C. Walker <[email protected] = <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>=20 >>> As I said (or typed), it?s *your* password that is required (the one = you >>> use to log in). >>>=20 >>> HTH >>>=20 >>> On Jan 21, 2026, at 14:25 , Jay Beder <[email protected] = <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>=20 >>> Thanks, Justin. But I'm not sure what password is being asked for. = Can >>> you clarify? >>>=20 >>> On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 3:38?PM Justin C. Walker <[email protected] = <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>=20 >>>> I believe the alert is asking for your password, not one for the >>>> application. >>>>=20 >>>> On Jan 21, 2026, at 13:25 , Jay Beder <[email protected] = <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>>=20 >>>> I recently installed TeXShop on my Macbook Air. There is evidently = an >>>> update that I should install, but when I run the installation I get = a >>>> window that says that "TeXShop (Autoupdate) wants to make changes", = and >>>> asks for a password. I don't believe I established a password for = TeXShop, >>>> and so I have no idea what to do. I would rather not disable = autoupdate in >>>> system settings, and in any case I'm not sure that that would hel >>>>=20 >>>> I previously had a Dell PC running Windows 10, and used WinEdt as = my >>>> editor, so I'm unfamiliar with TeXShop. I'm unable to find useful >>>> information on the web. --- Murray Eisenberg [email protected] Mobile (413)-427-5334 503 King Farm Blvd #101 =09 Rockville, MD 20850-6667=09 --Apple-Mail=_473866C3-7625-4039-9448-134A8D419AAB Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html aria-label=3D"message body"><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" = content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body = style=3D"overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = line-break: after-white-space;">When you install (or update) an app that = is not from the Apple App Store, typically macOS, as a security measure, = asks you to enter your login password FOR YOUR MAC -- the same one you = enter when you turn the Mac on and login to = it.<div><br></div><div>That's undoubtedly what's going on with updating = TeXShop.</div><div><br></div><div>But before you just do the autoupdate = from within TeXShop... are you running macOS Tahoe (macOS 26.x)? If so, = you surely want the special version of TeXShop adapted to Tahoe, which = is available from the Tahoe page at <a = href=3D"https://pages.uoregon.edu/koch/texshop/">https://pages.uoregon.edu= /koch/texshop/</a> .</div><div><div style=3D"display: block;"><div = style=3D"display: = block;">t </div></div></div><div><div><br><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div>On Jan 22, 2026, at 6:14=E2=80=AFPM, = [email protected] wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta charset=3D"UTF-8"><span = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: = 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; = letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; = display: inline !important;">From: Jay Beder <</span><a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; = font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; = font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; = text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: = 0px;">[email protected]</a><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; = orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; = display: inline !important;">></span><br style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, = 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; = orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; = text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: = 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; = letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; = display: inline !important;">To: "Justin C. Walker" <</span><a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; = font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; = font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; = text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: = 0px;">[email protected]</a><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; = orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; = display: inline !important;">></span><br style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, = 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; = orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; = text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: = 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; = letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; = display: inline !important;">Cc:<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; = font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; = font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; = text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: = 0px;">[email protected]</a><br style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; = orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; = text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: = 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; = letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; = display: inline !important;">Subject: Re: Autoupdate and = TeXShop</span><br style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: = normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; = text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; = text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; = text-decoration-style: solid;"><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; = orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; = display: inline !important;">Message-ID:</span><br style=3D"caret-color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: = normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: = normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; 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font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; = orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; = text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;"><br = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: = 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; = letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; = text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: = 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; = letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; = display: inline !important;">Just so you see what I'm being asked by = TexShop. This is rather obscure,</span><br style=3D"caret-color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: = normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: = normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; = text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: = 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; = letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; = display: inline !important;">since I don't recall having had to create = an account with TexShop or with</span><br style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, = 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; = orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; = text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: = 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; = letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; = display: inline !important;">MacTeX. I'd appreciate any assistance = you can provide.</span><br style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; = orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; = text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: = 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; = letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; = display: inline !important;">Jay</span><br style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, = 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; = orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; = text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;"><br = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: = 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; = letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; = text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: = 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; = letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; = display: inline !important;">On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 8:39?PM Jay Beder = <</span><a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" style=3D"font-family: = Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: = normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; = text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: = 0px;">[email protected]</a><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; = orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; = display: inline !important;">> wrote:</span><br style=3D"caret-color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: = normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: = normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; = text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;"><br = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: = 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; = letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; = text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: = solid;"><blockquote type=3D"cite" style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; = font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; = font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; = text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: = none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: = solid;">Justin -- To log on to what? Does TexShop have a login? = I'm not aware of<br>it. And I've never had to log on to = MikTeX.<br><br>On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 6:28?PM Justin C. Walker <<a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>> = wrote:<br><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">As I said (or typed), it?s = *your* password that is required (the one you<br>use to log = in).<br><br>HTH<br><br>On Jan 21, 2026, at 14:25 , Jay Beder <<a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>> = wrote:<br><br>Thanks, Justin. But I'm not sure what password is = being asked for. Can<br>you clarify?<br><br>On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 = at 3:38?PM Justin C. Walker <<a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>> = wrote:<br><br><blockquote type=3D"cite">I believe the alert is asking = for your password, not one for the<br>application.<br><br>On Jan 21, = 2026, at 13:25 , Jay Beder <<a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>> = wrote:<br><br>I recently installed TeXShop on my Macbook Air. = There is evidently an<br>update that I should install, but when I = run the installation I get a<br>window that says that "TeXShop = (Autoupdate) wants to make changes", and<br>asks for a password. I = don't believe I established a password for TeXShop,<br>and so I have no = idea what to do. I would rather not disable autoupdate = in<br>system settings, and in any case I'm not sure that that would = hel<br><br>I previously had a Dell PC running Windows 10, and used = WinEdt as my<br>editor, so I'm unfamiliar with TeXShop. I'm unable = to find useful<br>information on the = web.<br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></div></blockquote></div><b= r><div> <div>---<br>Murray Eisenberg<span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" = style=3D"white-space: pre;"> = </span>[email protected]<br>Mobile (413)-427-5334<br>503 King = Farm Blvd #101<span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space: = pre;"> </span><br>Rockville, MD 20850-6667<span = class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space: pre;"> = </span></div><div><br></div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"> </div> <br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_473866C3-7625-4039-9448-134A8D419AAB--