[fiddlerwoaroof]

TeX on Mac is nearly as painless as TeX on linux: you just install MacTeX via your preferred software installation method (I use homebrew, but in the past I've downloaded the 5GB dmg and used that), install it and everything pretty much "Just Works"

[_emacsomancer_]

I haven't used it in a long time, but MikTeX on Windows was really easy too back in the 2000s.