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I have a MacOSX 10.7. I wanted to install MacTeX (2012) on my Mac. But after installing TeXShop could not compile a simple Text. I used a former version of MacTeX on my Tiger Systems for which it was working well. Now with the OSX10.7 I have the problem. I get the following error message:

/usr/texbin/pdflatex was not found. Perhaps TeXLive was not installed correct or get
 lost. In that case visit TeXShop website and follow the instructions to reinstall 
TeXLive. It also could be that the direction in TeXShop preferences is wrong. This 
could be when using the fink-distribution von teTeX.

I am looking forward for help.

[Edited Dec12 2013]: I am getting the same error on a new install of TexShop with BasicTex 2012. Deleting the preference file did not work!?!?

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    Try quitting out of TeXShop and deleting your TeXShop preferences. It's ~/Library/Preferences/TeXShop.plist You can get to the ~/Library folder using the Go menu in the Finder.
    – Alan Munn
    Dec 30, 2012 at 22:01
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    @anni Did you update your operating system? If so, you may need to fix described in tex.stackexchange.com/questions/64973/…
    – Joseph Wright
    Dec 30, 2012 at 22:12
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    "This question is unlikely to help any future visitors." Given the ubiquity of LaTeX, the (general) robustness of its Mac implementation, not to speak of my search on this exact question as well as that of @WłodzimierzHolsztyński, this statement is ridiculous.
    – Lee Mosher
    Jan 8, 2016 at 19:59
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    Just to show that closing this question was a mistake, I needed this information, nearly four years after the original question! Feb 26, 2016 at 19:02
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    I needed the answer to this "localized" question today, as well. And I am sure that there are a lot more people who don't bother signing up just to says so.
    – Phira
    May 2, 2016 at 0:19

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