That's no problem, if you never used LyX. Just go to the LyX homepage (www.lyx.org), where you can download the program. You're also finding a manual, how to install it, because you need a TeX distribution to running LyX
Regards Sandro Am 17.05.2011 um 22:38 schrieb Samuel Turk: > To whom it may concern: > > > I have never used LyX before but I've been told it is a very good program. I > would like to install it on my Mac OSX 10.6.7 > > I found LyX available on Apple's web site here: > http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/unix_open_source/lyx.html > > However, the download failed. Would you direct me to where I can find step by > step instructions to get LyX properly downloaded and running on my Mac? > > Thanks in advance, > > Sam