I'd say that notes is better than Textedit if you're looking for something dead simple. Simply because it cross syncs to all your Apple devices (considering you

I'd say that notes is better than Textedit if you're looking for something dead simple. Simply because it cross syncs to all your Apple devices (considering you're in the Apple ecosystem). So I end up starting blog posts on my phone and finishing them on my computer as if they were synced with dropbox or something. Mavericks added notebooks so you have some simple organisation. The lack of formatting just lets me get back to writing.