Windows Notepad Equivalent for Mac ?

[augustya]

Hi Guys,

Any suggestions on a Windows Notepad like APP for Mac ? I thought the built in Notes app in the MAC OS X is still not as clean as the MS Windows Notepad.

Any suggestions.

Thanks

 

[Darth.Titan]

It's called "TextEdit" in the Applications folder.

 

[Jessica Lares]

You'd want to change it to open new documents as plain text in Preferences too.

 

[maflynn]

Check out TextWrangler That's a nice text editor for free

 

[augustya]

You'd want to change it to open new documents as plain text in Preferences too.

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Thanks Looks like this is exactly what I was looking for, Textedit without the Rich Text Format. Now it looks like a Notepad equivalent.

 

[dwig]

Thanks Looks like this is exactly what I was looking for, Textedit without the Rich Text Format. Now it looks like a Notepad equivalent.

I would agree that TextEdit with Rich Text Format disabled is a good analog to the Windows Notepad.

At the same time, TextWrangler that myflynn recommended is a good tool. It much more powerful and more like the freeware NotePad++ that is available for Windows, but it might not be simple enough for some applications. I have NotePad, WordPad, and NotePad++ withing easy reach on my Windows machines and both TextEdit and TextWrangler on my Mac's Dock. I find I use TextEdit much more than TextWrangler. It's a case of which took best fits the job at hand. Extra features can sometimes get in the way.

 

[Significant1]

I also recommend this tweak, to just open with a blank file as default:
http://apple.stackexchange.com/ques...ke-textedit-open-with-a-blank-file-by-default