This folder is usually not in the search path for executables, i.e., two additional steps might be necessary: You can remove MiKTeX completely from your system. If you double click the disk image file, you will see a Finder window: To install MiKTeX, simply drag the MiKTeX icon onto the Applications shortcut icon. Trying a private installation instead of a system-wide installation doesn't change anything. This is a simple module to execute pdflatex in an easy and clean way. Before you can use MiKTeX, you have to finish the setup. Windows 7 is really frickin' weird about permissions. FYI, just tried the latest release (miktex-1-darwin-x86_64.dmg) and the issue is indeed fixed for me. I have read the MiKTeX Contributing Guidelines I am using MiKTeX 2.9 with TeXstudio on Windows 10 and compiling with PdfLaTeX. exe-binary which I cannot use under Linux. Sign in Either automatically, or manually: I added that package 'miktex-findtexmf' with the package manager, but it just installs a windows. findtexmf was not included in the miktex tools package. Successfully merging a pull request may close this issue. Have a question about this project? If you have just installed MiKTeX, then you have the option to upgrade your installation to a standard TeX system. launchctl getenv PATH also returns /usr/local/bin as first component. MiKTeX for Mac is distributed as a disk image (.dmg) file.