May 18, 2018 - If you are looking for some reliable Notepad alternative, here is a list of twelve best editors for Mac, you can try. Some are free and the list also.
What is the closest thing to Windows notepad on the Mac?
closed as off-topic by DavidPostill♦, Mokubai♦Jun 1 '15 at 18:59
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
'Questions seeking product, service, or learning material recommendations are off-topic because they become outdated quickly and attract opinion-based answers. Instead, describe your situation and the specific problem you're trying to solve. Share your research. Here are a few suggestions on how to properly ask this type of question.' – Mokubai
If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
6 Answers
TextEdit is included with OS X.
You can change it to Plain Text (Format > Make Plain Text) for non-RTF text editing, or make Plain Text the default (Preferences > Format).
As already stated, TextEdit is the notepad of OS X (although a more powerful notepad that is). For more advanced stuff, TextMate (already recommended) is very nice. A nice free and famous alternative is Bare Bones's TextWrangler.