To create a text file on Mac OS X manually is a bit more challenging than performing a simple right mouse click and selecting to create a New > Text Document, Like you can do from Windows. However, the task is still relatively simple. It just takes a different approach. In the following simple solution, I cover one manual method of quickly making a new text file within the Mac OS X environment.
How to Create a Text File on Mac OS X
- (1) Click the Magnifying Glass in the upper right hand corner of your Mac OS X Desktop.
(2) Type Terminal into the Spotlight.
(3) Select Terminal from the list.
- From the Terminal Window that opens;
(1) Type cd desktop and press Enter/Return.
(2) Type touch newfile.txt and press Enter/Return.
(3) You should now see the newfile.txt file on your desktop.
Additional Notes: Using cd, you can change to any directory (doesn't have to be desktop). You can use touch to create a new file named whatever you want (doesn't have to be named newfile,txt).
