I have a professor who requires me to use Latex but he mainly speaks in terms of PC. I have a Mac so I have to find appropriate alternatives. So far I have purchased "Latexian" as an editor, and see that the MikTeX distribution is mainly for PC. It seems that the alternative for Mac is Mactex.
Am I correct?
Is there any other concern I should consider?
Out of curiosity, why wouldn't Latexian have a built in installer, since it can obviously generate live PDF views anyway?
Best Answer
As others have remarked, the nearest equivalent to MikTeX on Mac OS X is MacTeX. Alternately, you could install BasicTeX for a smaller and less capable download. The Latexian FAQ addresses this in a minor note, which seems odd given the importance of TeX for a LaTeX IDE.
As to why Latexian doesn't include a built-in installer for TeX, I'd guess that the sheer size is the main reason. Latexian is under 10 MB, while BasicTeX is ~100 MB, and MacTeX is ~2.4 GB.