BBEdit joins the list of Automator-savvy apps

by Laurie A. Duncan (Apr 28th 2005 4:32PM)

NetNewsWire isn't the only Automator-inspired on the block.Bare Bones Software, makers of apps that don't suck, announced today that BBEdit 8.2 is the "First Commercial Application With Integrated Automator Actions for Powerful Text Handling.&qu...

Replicating QuickCursor using BBEdit and Keyboard Maestro

by TJ Luoma (Aug 30th 2013 9:00AM)

QuickCursor was the first app I bought on the Mac App Store. It was a great utility which let you send text from any application to your favorite text editor, and then when you were done, it would send the text back from your favorite text e...

BBEdit 10.0: Venerable Mac text editor gets a huge update

by Steven Sande (Jul 19th 2011 12:57PM)

When developers, writers, web devs, scientists, and system admins need a full-powered Mac HTML and text editor, they often turn to BBEdit from Bare Bones Software. BBEdit 10.0 has just been released, with a ton of new features. I'm not kidding ab...

TextWrangler updated to version 4.5.2

by Mike Schramm (Jun 6th 2013 7:00AM)

As TidBITS kindly notes, TextWrangler has been updated to version 4.5.2, and the latest update is available for download right now. As you can see from the release notes, there are lots and lots of different bugfixes in this one, including proble...

John Gruber releases BBColors 1.0

by David Chartier (Oct 9th 2006 10:00AM)

John Gruber has released a command line tool called BBColors which allows BBEdit and TextWrangler users to save, reload and even share customized color schemes. BBEdit, like many code-friendly text editors, has offered a coloring system for some time...

WWDC Interview: Bare Bones Software

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jun 15th 2011 6:00PM)

In this interview, Neil Ticktin of MacTech talks to Bare Bones Software co-founder Rich Siegel about the WWDC keynote, and also potential issues with the Mac App Store going forward. Bare Bones produces BBEdit, TextWrangler and Yojimbo (see our ...

TextMate 1.5 reviewed

by Scott McNulty (Feb 3rd 2006 9:30AM)

BBEdit is the grand daddy of text editors on the Mac, though I prefer TextWrangler myself. However, TextMate, a relative new comer to the scene, is getting a lot of attention from the geekier Mac folks out there. MacSlash has posted a glowing review ...

MacDevCenter talks with TextMate developer

by Scott McNulty (Jun 13th 2006 9:30AM)

Text editors are programs that inspire great loyalty amongst Mac users. BBEdit's legions of users attribute everything from being more productive to happier familys to the software's non-suckiness. TextMate is the up and coming text editor that many ...

TUAW Tip: Regular Expressions for Beginners

by Robert Palmer (Sep 8th 2008 4:00PM)

Sometimes I think Regular Expressions are like the tax code: if someone professes to know everything about them, they're probably not telling the truth. In reality, Regular Expressions (or RegEx) is a syntax to help you construct very precise search ...

Close brackets and braces easily with AutoPairs

by Dave Caolo (Mar 15th 2006 5:00PM)

If you're the type that spends the day staring at a display and typing code, we'd bet you'd appreciate any utility that will make the process easier. Check out AutoPairs. It's a Mac OS X preference pane that closes your brackets, braces and quotes fo...

Life changing software

by Scott McNulty (Jul 20th 2006 8:00PM)

James Fee has posted about software that changed his life, and it struck me as a very powerful idea. Can a bucket of bits and bytes really change anyone's life? The more I thought about it, the more I knew it was true. Software can change lives, it h...

My favorite Mac apps: Giles' picks

by Giles Turnbull (Sep 2nd 2008 8:00AM)

Everyone else has had just three choice Mac apps, but I'm going to claim four because two of my choices live in the Menu Bar, and are therefore very small. Only you and I need to keep count, though, eh? Bean This marvelous little rich text editor is...

TUAW Tip: Saving InDesign CS4 files for InDesign CS2

by Robert Palmer (May 8th 2009 3:30PM)

Here's a frustrating problem: You have InDesign CS4, and your buddy needs your file, but has InDesign CS2. "Easy!" you think, "just save an InDesign Interchange (INX) file and send it to him." Lo, wonder of wonders: InDesign saves an INX file that's ...

Backups save the day after data loss

by TJ Luoma (Oct 13th 2009 10:00AM)

About 13GB of data was accidentally deleted from my account on my Mac yesterday. Fortunately, due to an aggressive backup system, I was able to recover all of the files. I was trying to test out a tip sent to the TUAW team, which led me to log into (...

Witch window manager on sale for 48 hours

by TJ Luoma (Jan 26th 2011 1:00PM)

The folks over at Many Tricks have put Witch on sale for US$10 (normally $19) until 7 AM Pacific Time on Friday, January 28. It's been awhile since we talked about Witch on TUAW, but it's a perennial favorite utility to switch between windows. Witch...