is there a notepad equivalent for mac

Yes. TextEdit is the best and comes bundled with OSX.

If you want to make it without any text formatting, go to menu “Format > Make Plain Text” (or shortcut ‘Command+Shift+T”.

You can also set this non-formatting as default everytime you launch this app. Go to “Preferences” > under ‘Format’ > choose “Plain Text”.

Thanks so much for the additional information and how to set up the preferences..... PERFECT!

TextEdit doesn't even have 10% features of the Notepad ++. Look for SublimeText which is free or Coda which is around $99

TextEdit.

You're welcome 🙂