Convert LaTeX Files on Mac
LaTeX (LaTeX Document) is a document format using the .tex and .latex extensions. Consul converts LaTeX files to 43 other formats, and 55 formats to LaTeX. Rename a file's extension in Finder and Consul handles the conversion automatically.
What is LaTeX?
LaTeX is a plain-text document-preparation system built on Donald Knuth's TeX typesetting engine and created by Leslie Lamport in the 1980s. A .tex source file contains markup commands that a LaTeX processor renders into precisely typeset PDFs, and it is the standard for academic papers in mathematics, physics and computer science.
LaTeX files are stored uncompressed. Nothing is lost to encoding, though they can take more disk space than compressed formats.
LaTeX was developed by Leslie Lamport and is an open standard.
Opening LaTeX files on a Mac
A plain-text source file you can open in any text editor; macOS assigns no default app to the .tex extension unless a TeX distribution is installed. Building a .tex file into a typeset PDF requires a TeX distribution such as MacTeX; macOS ships none, and Quick Look does not render a text preview of .tex files.
Consul supports 98 conversions for LaTeX
Consul is the easiest way to convert LaTeX files on your Mac, or to turn other files into LaTeX. Rename file.tex to change its extension, and Consul converts it automatically.