diff --git a/macos/clean.sh b/macos/clean.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+echo "manually performs 'make clean'"
+rm -rf *.aux *.d *.toc *.out *.log *.nav *.snm *.sbx *.sxd
diff --git a/macos/cleanall.sh b/macos/cleanall.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+echo "manually performs 'make cleanall'"
+./clean
+rm -rf *.pdf
diff --git a/macos/make.sh b/macos/make.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+echo "build tex file from songbook file"
+./songbook.py --songbook=books/$1.sb --output=$1.tex
+
+echo "first pdf compilation" 
+/usr/texbin/pdflatex $1.tex
+
+echo "build indexes"
+./songbook-makeindex.py $1_title.sxd > $1_title.sbx
+./songbook-makeindex.py $1_auth.sxd > $1_auth.sbx
+
+echo "second compilation to include indexes"
+/usr/texbin/pdflatex $1.tex