For some silly reason, OS X’s TextEdit app’s default format is rich text. If you prefer plain text, Defaults Write points out that you can easily set that as your default with a Terminal command. All ...

Looking back through my old files, I’m amazed to see how many word processors I’ve used over the years. I’ve got document files in formats ranging from MacWrite to Pages and everything in between. The ...

With Markdown, writing HTML-formatted documents is as easy as writing plain text. Software developers use it, but so do many others. The Markdown text format makes it easy for people—not only software ...

Microsoft Office Outlook allows you to read all standard mail in the plain text option. If you are concerned that a virus or some malicious script could execute through HTML or through Microsoft ...

Time to use something simpler!

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