Sep 17, 2018 - TextEdit is a text editor program that ships with all Mac computers. You can do this with a simple change in the settings, or you can.
I would recommend using TextEdit since it is free and the default text editor on OS X. You only need to learn a key shortcut (Shift-Command-T) to convert the current file to plain text. Of course other GUI text editors exist on Mac platform but they need to be installed from the App Store or from Internet (see other answers for a selection of the most popular ones). There is even a setting in TextEdit to let all new documents start as plain text going forward: Again, this setting is for new documents, so if a document is already open, ⇧⌘T (Format Make Plain Text) instantly converts a rich text document to plain text.
Glasswave wrote: bent christian wrote: glasswave wrote: I am looking for a simple text editor for osX. I do not want use textEdit because I want something that uses a standard 'save as' workflow rather than continuously autosaving over your document.
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I am hoping for the cleanest interface possible with tons of powerful options confusing the interface. Syntax highlighting would be nice but it is not required. It should be capable to run as a portable app. Thx for any suggestions. Turn off auto-save. Still, it always rights over docments.
It renders html instead of showing code. It inserts crap into code. It is a PITA.
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I just want a text Editor that opens edits and saves txt files not something that is always trying to fix things by overwriting your file. In preferences, tell Textedit to open new documents as plain text, rather than as rich text, and to 'display HTML files as HTML code rather than formatted text'. Textedit can probably do all you want to do, but it pays to look at preferences first. Of course, for serious text editing there's BBedit, but you said you didn't want anything complex.