Tools for MacAdmins

Editors

TextEdit

Being free and available on every Mac, this is a no-brainer.

  • Make sure you edit in text-only (CMD+SHIFT+T)
  • Add it to your Dock for quick drag ‘n drop
  • in CLI, use open -e [file] to open in TextEdit

Sublime Text

Download for free here

TextMate

Download for free here

  • My preferred editor. Thanks to @lolopb for pointing this out!