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Blog: large files, the Mac, and building an editor.

Posts from the maker of Caxton on large files, the Mac, and building an editor for both.

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Introducing Caxton 2.0. More powerful than ever.

Caxton 2.0 · September 25, 2026

A major update to Caxton brings professional data tools, a redesigned workspace, eight themes, and significant performance improvements to the native Mac editor built for files of any size.

For years, my answer to a 30 GB file was to use a different computer

Melvin Hemingway · September 5, 2026

I work on a Mac. I also keep a Windows PC on my desk, and for a long time one of the main reasons was a text editor.