[OS X TeX] TeXShop 5.57 Find/Search suddenly not available

[William Slough]

After downloading and installing TeXShop-5.58-GG to run on Tahoe, I noticed
that the "About TeXShop" describes itself as Version 5.57. Have I done
something wrong or is that what should happen?

Bill Slough

On Sun, Jul 19, 2026 at 2:17 PM Richard Koch <koch at uoregon.edu> wrote:

> Brian,
>
> Thanks for the email. TeXShop 5.57 is the “current release of TeXShop
> for Tahoe”, but it is actually almost a year out of date and no longer
> recommended
> for Tahoe.
>
> Instead, go to my web site, https://pages.uoregon.edu/koch/
> and read the first two links. The top link leads to the current TeXShop
> web page,
> which has a special tab for Tahoe, but that tab is out of date and should
> be ignored.
> The second link on my home page is a link to “TeXShop on macOS Golden
> Gate”.
> This link leads to a page about TeXShop on macOS 27.0, currently in beta.
> Indeed
> very recently Apple introduced a public beta for this system. Programs
> compiled
> on macOS 27.0 run on Sonoma, Sequoia, Tahoe, and Golden Gate. When
> TeXShop runs on Golden Gate, it has a few bugs, as explained on that web
> site.
>
> I compiled TeXShop on Golden Gate, macOS 27, and sent the program to Apple
> to
> be notarized. At the bottom of the “TeXShop on macOS Golden Gate” web page
> you can find links to the full source code for this version, and the
> notarized version
> by Apple.
>
> And now the key point. I have two machines, one running the latest version
> of Tahoe, and one running the public beta of Golden Gate. If you are on
> Tahoe
> and download TeXShop-5.58-GG from the “TeXShop on macOS Golden Gate” web
> site, then you will get the very latest version of TeXShop, but running on
> Tahoe rather
> than on Golden Gate. ALL OF THE GG BUGS VANISH WHEN THE PROGRAM IS
> RUN ON TAHOE! This means that the bugs are not in my code, or in XCode, but
> instead in macOS 27.0 itself.
>
> So switch to TeXShop-5.58-GG on Tahoe. It is a more recent version of
> TeXShop
> than the 577 version you are using, it has the new dark mode described on
> the web
> page, and it definitely fixes your problem with the three possible Find
> Panels (because
> I checked before writing).
>
> I actually recommend that everyone on Tahoe switch to TeXShop-5.58-GG.
>
> Dick
>
> On Jul 19, 2026, at 3:21 AM, Brian Coleman <
> brian.coleman.velchron at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi,
> Using TeXShop 5.57 on my MacMini 4 with latest Tahoe 26.5.2,
> for some reason the pdf window top right search panel no longer appears,
> as before.
> Tried all 3 Find Panel settings: Apple Find Panel, Apple Find Bar and
> OgreKit Find panel.
> None work after restart.
>
> Advice would be much appreciated.
>
> Best regards
>
> Brian Coleman
>
> ps: I mention again how much I appreciate the wonderful horizontal split
> screen function I learnt of by chance,
> Its fantastic for editing a 200 page book (on a wide monitor).
>
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