Clone of Windows Notepad?

[Morien]

Hey everyone,

My MacBook crashed the other week, and silly me I didn't have any backup. That's fixed moving forward, but I'm trying to get back the workflow I had before.

There was an app that I installed when I got my MacBook in 2020 which was an exact clone of Notepad from Windows. Right down to the app icon. It was just called "Notepad" as well. For the life of me I cannot find it again though. It's as if it has been scrubbed from the internet. For what I used it for, it suit my needs perfectly, and my muscle memory keeps going to open it only to see it isn't there.

Does anyone have any link for this app at all? It's almost like I had a fever dream for the past 3 years (if only), and dreamt up the whole thing!

Closest I can find is this, but the one I used didn't try to pass itself off as a Windows application, and maintained the Mac toolbar.

Thank you

Edit: I think I found it. But it's no longer available

 

[Pakaku]

So, what exactly do you need out of it. TextEdit is already your basic Mac text editor. You can change app icons easily with any downloaded picture. Keyboard shortcuts can be changed in System Preferences. I guess the only thing it's really missing is a word count.

 

[bogdanw]

Edit: I think I found it. But it's no longer available

Try in the Purchased section of the App Store, it might be still available for download.
Apple Support - View and manage purchased apps in the App Store on Mac
https://support.apple.com/guide/app-store/fir4cbb7ae76/mac

A list of alternatives https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/an-application-similar-to-notepad-on-mac.2345965/