MacTeX and LyX Installation Change the system date to ~2015 and then install "mactex-20161009.pkg". Afterwards, unarchive "MacTeXtras-20160604.zip" and look for "LyX" within "Editors & Front Ends/LyX"; pick the cocoa version. You will also want to install "cocAspell" in the "Spell Checkers" directory as LyX needs this for spellchecking. Under "Previewers," there is "Skim," which is a good PDF, PS, DVI, etc. document viewer/annotator. When installations are done, you can change the date back to current.