![]() LyX Reconfigure (and restart) is needed only if you install more LaTeX packages. I can certify from today's experience that the LyX APA6 template file does compile with the base mactex install and LyX 2.1.3. As long as you install mactex BEFORE you install LyX, then LyX will have already run the configure step and it will be aware of the fact you have most packages. It is NOT actually necessary to reinstall LyX and I do not believe it should even be necessary to reconfigure. ![]() That post from 2008 claims that there are actually several directories you need to copy out of the LyX folder into another place (where depends on if you are root or not). The LyX application folder contains the template files you need. If the problem were missing LaTeX packages, you would see the template files listed, but they would not open without complaint. Mac is the only system on which you install LyX and try File/new from template, you find nothing. I just help students with LyX on Macs, I have become aware of this now-and-then, but forget between times. I don't know why it has been left unattended so long. This is a long standing LyX problem (see ). Or else they are not found when a user runs File/New from template. It actually IS necessary to move the template files into a place where LyX is looking for them. Thanks for stating the OS, that's important too.The LyX file collection includes several files that are not placed into the correct position to be found by the LyX program itself on the Macintosh. ![]() When posting about software, please always state their versions. several revisions), I would recommend installing 2.1.3, which will be released in a week or two. If you and your friend are going to be trading files a lot (e.g. Also I don't know for Mac, but on Linux it's straightforward to have parallel installs of multiple versions in a way that neither affects the other. Although I use Linux, I imagine Mac is similar in that if you do not like the new version of a software it's very easy to reinstall the older version. There are some problems (if you find one, please report a bug), but most of the time it works. ![]() LyX can usually open older files in newer versions of LyX. However, when you are at a good point in your work you should consider upgrading from time to time. Upgrades bring features but also possibly bugs so it is good to be careful. You are right to be concerned about upgrading LyX versions. Upgrading from 2.a.x to 2.a.y, where y > x, will not give you any features or change any core thing in LyX (like the file format) but will give you bug fixes. If you do this, you should install 2.0.8.1. That might be a reasonable choice for you to make. The last version of a LyX major release can open files from the next LyX version. ![]()
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