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I am a basic user and sorry if I miss to state some important facts.

I have similar problem raised here and also in many other pages. First, I followed the guides by Herbert Schulz, didn't work for me.

Afterwards, completely uninstalled MacTex with all GUI Applications and distribution files, then re-installed MacTex. Still, didn't work.

I also updated TexShop and BibDesk, which are the softwares I use.

Moreover, run the Setup-2015 package at Applications/TeX folder.

However, still when I click to typeset, TexShop brings the following message:

/Library/TeX/texbin/pdflatex/simpdftex does not exist. TeXShop is a front end for TeX, but you also need a TeX distribution. Perhaps such a distribution was not installed or was removed during a system upgrade. If so, go to http : // tug . org / MacTeX and follow the instructions to (re)install MacTeX. A less likely possibility is that a tool path is incorrectly configured in TeXShop preferences. This can happen if you are using the macports or fink distributions.

This is how my TexShop Preference looks like:TexShop Preferences

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  • First of, what is simpdftex?
    – daleif
    Feb 3, 2016 at 5:59
  • @daleif It's part of the TeXLive distribution. It does latex+dvips+ps2pdf in one shot.
    – Alan Munn
    Feb 3, 2016 at 6:14
  • Never heard of it before. Is the OP actually sure it is included in mactex? Can it be found via the comnand line?
    – daleif
    Feb 3, 2016 at 6:17
  • The problem is that in your Path settings (the first box in your settings image) you have put /Library/TeX/texbin/pdftex but this is incorrect. It should be simply /Library/TeX/texbin
    – Alan Munn
    Feb 3, 2016 at 6:19
  • @daleif Yes, it's part of TeXLive and therefore part of MacTeX. The issue doesn't have anything to do with this script.
    – Alan Munn
    Feb 3, 2016 at 6:20

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The problem is with how you specified the path in the preferences. The correct path is /Library/TeX/texbin not Library/TeX/texbin/pdflatex (which is not a directory path, but the actual pdflatex program itself. The error you got showed this since it said /Library/TeX/texbin/pdflatex/simpdftex does not exist. The presence of pdflatex in the path is the source of the problem.

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