Sublime Text
Sublime Text is a cross-platform code and text editor for writing, editing, and navigating source files, markup, and prose on Mac.
What is Sublime Text?
Sublime Text is a native desktop text editor for code, markup, and prose. It is designed for developers and other users who want a fast editor for writing and navigating files without the overhead of a full IDE. On Mac, it supports Apple Silicon and works as a Universal 2 app, while the same product is also available for Windows and Linux. Common uses include editing source code, working across large projects, opening files quickly, and customizing the editor with packages and plugins. Sublime Text includes split panes for side-by-side work, multiple selections for making repeated edits, smart auto-complete, syntax highlighting for many languages, and a Python-based plugin API. It is published by Sublime HQ Pty Ltd.
Key features
- Edit code, markup, and plain text in one lightweight desktop editor
- Open files and switch across projects quickly with fast navigation tools
- Work in split panes to view and edit multiple files side by side
- Use multiple selections to rename or change repeated text at once
- Get context-aware auto-complete with links to symbol definitions
- Customize the editor with packages and Python-based plugins
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Safety overview
Status: Safe
Sublime Text is legitimate developer software, and its normal behavior is consistent with a code editor. It may access files and folders you choose to open, and package or plugin use can extend what the app can do inside your editing workflow. If you install third-party packages, review their source and permissions carefully, since add-ons can affect editor behavior and file handling.
Recommendation: Keep Sublime Text if you use it for coding, text editing, or project work. If you no longer use it, removing the app is usually straightforward, but any installed packages, preferences, and cached data may remain unless you delete those separately.
Common paths
/Applications/Sublime Text.app
Cache paths
~/Library/Caches/com.sublimetext.3
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/com.sublimetext.3.plist
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