Trying to save a file as .dat on mac

java macos bluej textedit
user6902338 picture user6902338 · Oct 17, 2016 · Viewed 8.2k times · Source

My computer science class (java) requires us to save a series of numbers in an external file which we save to the project folder as a .dat file, and then write a program that accesses it.

The issue is that I have a mac, and I am limited to TextEdit, the files from which I cannot seem to be able to save as.dat files. (The course is pc based, and everyone else is using notepad)

Me trying to save the file

Also...my mac runs on OS X 10.9.5

Answer

blackpen picture blackpen · Oct 17, 2016

In TextEdit, create a new file. Set the "Format->Make Plain Text" from menu.

Then do the "File->Save As". Save the file with "UTF-8" for "Plain Text Encoding".

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