diff --git a/filter/tex/README.mimetex b/filter/tex/README.mimetex
index dd942312841..dbfc250cc18 100644
--- a/filter/tex/README.mimetex
+++ b/filter/tex/README.mimetex
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------
- September 6, 2008                                             Version 1.70
+ March 31, 2012                                                Version 1.74
 
                   m i m e T e X   R e a d m e   F i l e
 
- Copyright(c) 2002-2008, John Forkosh Associates, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ Copyright(c) 2002-2012, John Forkosh Associates, Inc. All rights reserved.
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
                             by: John Forkosh
@@ -179,6 +179,8 @@ IV.  REVISION HISTORY
   A more detailed account of mimeTeX's revision history
   is maintained at  http://www.forkosh.com/mimetexchangelog.html
   ---
+  03/31/12  J.Forkosh      version 1.74 released.
+  08/24/11  J.Forkosh      version 1.72 released.
   09/06/08  J.Forkosh      version 1.70 released.
   11/30/04  J.Forkosh      version 1.60 released
   10/02/04  J.Forkosh      version 1.50 released on CTAN with various new
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diff --git a/filter/tex/readme_moodle.txt b/filter/tex/readme_moodle.txt
index fe516a7dde8..9b6ae9ce314 100644
--- a/filter/tex/readme_moodle.txt
+++ b/filter/tex/readme_moodle.txt
@@ -1,25 +1,31 @@
-Description of mimeTeX v 1.70 import into Moodle
+Description of mimeTeX v 1.74 import into Moodle
 
 Compiling mimeTeX:
 
-===Windows===
+Windows
+=======
 1/ get "Automated MinGW Installer" from https://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/
 2/ install mingw
 3/ go into directory with extracted source files
-4/ execute "c:\mingw\bin\gcc -DAA -DWINDOWS mimetex.c gifsave.c -lm -o mimetex.exe"
+4/ execute "set path=%path%;c:\mingw\bin"
+5/ execute "c:\mingw\bin\gcc -DAA -DWINDOWS mimetex.c gifsave.c -lm -o mimetex.exe"
 
-===Linux===
+Linux
+=====
 1/ install gcc
 2/ go into directory with extracted source files
 3/ execute "cc -DAA mimetex.c gifsave.c -lm -o mimetex.linux"
 
-===FreeBSD===
+FreeBSD
+=======
 1/ go into directory with extracted source files
 2/ execute "cc -DAA mimetex.c gifsave.c -lm -o mimetex.freebsd"
 
-===Apple OSX===
-1/ install gcc
+Apple OSX
+=========
+1/ install XCode and command line tools
 2/ go into directory with extracted source files
-3/ execute "cc -DAA mimetex.c gifsave.c -lm -o mimetex.darwin"
+3/ execute "cc -DAA -arch i386 -arch x86_64 -mmacosx-version-min=10.5 mimetex.c gifsave.c -lm -o mimetex.darwin"
 
-skodak
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+
+Petr Skoda
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