<s>
MacTeX	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
free	O
redistribution	O
of	O
TeX	B-General_Concept
Live	I-General_Concept
,	O
a	O
typesetting	O
environment	O
based	O
on	O
TeX	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
TeX	B-General_Concept
Live	I-General_Concept
is	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
cross-platform	O
(	O
running	O
on	O
Unix	B-Application
,	O
MacOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
)	O
,	O
MacTeX	B-General_Concept
includes	O
Mac-specific	O
utilities	O
and	O
front-ends	B-General_Concept
(	O
such	O
as	O
TeXShop	B-Language
and	O
BibDesk	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
pre-configured	O
to	O
work	O
out-of-the-box	O
with	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
as	O
it	O
provides	O
sensible	O
defaults	O
for	O
configuration	O
options	O
that	O
,	O
in	O
TeX	B-General_Concept
Live	I-General_Concept
,	O
are	O
left	O
up	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
allow	O
for	O
its	O
cross-platform	O
compatibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MacTeX	B-General_Concept
is	O
packaged	O
and	O
distributed	O
by	O
the	O
MacTeX	B-General_Concept
TeXnical	O
working	O
group	O
,	O
a	O
subgroup	O
of	O
TeX	B-Application
Users	O
Group	O
(	O
TUG	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TeX	B-General_Concept
Live	I-General_Concept
is	O
distributed	O
by	O
the	O
TUG	O
,	O
making	O
MacTeX	B-General_Concept
less	O
a	O
fork	O
of	O
TeX	B-General_Concept
Live	I-General_Concept
than	O
a	O
customised	O
repackaging	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
full	O
MacTeX	B-General_Concept
install	O
package	O
contains	O
three	O
subpackages	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
substantially	O
smaller	O
version	O
of	O
MacTeX	B-General_Concept
,	O
BasicTeX	O
,	O
which	O
does	O
not	O
contain	O
Ghostscript	B-Language
or	O
the	O
aforementioned	O
GUI	B-Application
programs	O
,	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
instead	O
along	O
with	O
a	O
TeX	B-Application
editor	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
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