A reader wishes to create and save styles (with colored text) in a variety of Apple applications. Chris Breen explains how it's done.

If needed, Apple's TextEdit program can be used to modify hidden system files.

A utility that dates back before OS X to Next operating systems still delivers a punch for handling text formats and converting one to another.

Now, when you open up a new document in TextEdit, it’ll automatically be set as plain text, with no formatting options or anything else cluttering up the screen.

More Mac 101, our series of tips and tricks for novice Mac users. For those with modest text-editing needs, Apple's TextEdit is a great choice. Did you know that it's got an autocomplete option ...

Prevent automatic list creation in TextEdit TextEdit's auto-formatting of lists can be a burden. Here is how to turn it off.