Text Edit application for Mac Mini 10.4.11

I am not sure if everyone is familiar with my "Mac Mini Saga", ( BDAqua certainly is! - by the way, congratulations for passing the 11000 mark! ).
Now that the Mini is finally updated to 10.4.11,(without the original install discs), so that the elderly lady owner can use Skype, she would also like "my" Text Edit app. which is not listed in her apps. - i was told it should be there, but it is not!
Looking at the details of this app on my iMac (version 1.5, 22.1 MB on disc), under File, i have the option: "Burn Text Edit to Disc". So, is it possible to include (transfer) this app. to her Mini after i copy it to a disc?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Dec 26, 2010 11:10 AM

5 replies

Dec 26, 2010 2:14 PM in response to Community User

Not exactly similar, this text editor and writing tool can do several things;
and it (may still) runs free. I have a version of it.

• Text Wrangler: powerful general purpose text editor...
http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/

The original Text Edit, part of the System's original apps package, is more
integrated with the original system installation; and should not be missing.
However, you can choose to have another similar app as default to open
or work with similar types of files.

And for more office-like apps, there's a 'free running' donation-ware suite:
• Neo Office:
http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php

Text Edit version 1.4 from about 2005 (or so) should be what OS X 10.4.11
would have included in the installer and then on the computer in question.
The app is about 8.5MB, and may require the installer to place it correctly.

You may look into the OS X 10.4.x Install DVD for Tiger and use Pacifist
utility to look for and see if you can find the package in there, and extract
it via Pacifist; then install Text Edit from the desktop via this utility. It will
work in a demo mode, so you don't have to buy it, to try it out. It works.

• CharlesSoft - Pacifist:
http://www.charlessoft.com/

There is no reason why the original TextEdit would not be in Tiger 10.4.
Unless some files were corrupted at a point during installation process.

Good luck & happy computing! 🙂

Dec 26, 2010 11:03 PM in response to BDAqua

Amazing! Eliza for OSX is almost identical, minus the conversation part, which can be deselected in preferences. Thanks again BDAqua! I guess this will bring your posts to 61545! Very impressive!
Regards and Happy New Year, Jeevsyboy.

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