[OS X TeX] A 12 year old problem returns

[Warren Nagourney]

> On May 29, 2020, at 3:38 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
> 
>> On May 29, 2020, at 2:23 PM, Warren Nagourney via MacOSX-TeX <macosx-tex at email.esm.psu.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> About 12 years ago, I was having problems with a side effect of typesetting using pdflatex and all the sync options: the preview screen would jump a few pages immediately after typesetting. Looking back at my old emails, I think refreshing the version of pdfsync.sty (or something like this) solved it. The problem has come back. Does anyone know what is happening? (I just installed the full TeXLive 2020 and am using TeXshop).
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> Warren Nagourney
> 
> Howdy,
> 
> There hasn't been the need for a package to be loaded in a very long time (what was your last distribution?).
> 
> Make sure TeXShop is using SyncTeX for synchronization: see Sync method on the typesetting Tab of TeXShop->Preferences. This is what is needed ever since TeX Live 2010 so your may be set incorrectly
> 
> Good Luck,
> 
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)
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I have been fairly up to date with my distributions. I had been using TeXLive 2019 and, after having the problem, upgraded to 2020. I have been using SyncTex for quite some time (probably since it was released).

I think I used the wrong term - I didn’t load any packages.. I used the TeXLive Utility to Update All Packages in the Actions menu. It took a while before the Updates panel became empty.

So far, TeXShop seems to work well. It hasn’t “jumped” in a while.

Thanks for your suggestions.

wn