A very easy to use word processor for Mac

Bean for Mac

Bean for Mac

  -  7.68 MB  -  Freeware
  • Latest Version

    Bean 3.4.6 LATEST

  • Review by

    Juan Garcia

  • Operating System

    macOS 11.0 Big Sur or later

  • User Rating

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  • Author / Product

    James Hoover / External Link

  • Filename

    Bean-Install-3-4-6.zip

  • MD5 Checksum

    41574e554c70aed98b12776dbad01c67

Bean for Mac is a small, easy-to-use word processor that is designed to make writing convenient, efficient and comfortable. The tool is lean, fast and uncluttered. It starts up quickly, has a live word count, and is easy on the eyes. Also, Bean for macOS is available free of charge.

MS Word, OpenOffice, etc. try to be all things to all people, but sometimes you just want the right tool for the job. That is Bean's niche.

The app has some limitations: it doesn't do footnotes or use stylesheets and is only partially compatible with Word's file formats. Also, it allows in-line graphics, but not floating graphics.

Features and Highlights
  • Live word count
  • Make template documents with boilerplate text
  • Free-form headers and footers
  • Page layout view (optional 2-up)
  • Alternate colors option (e.g., white text on blue)
  • Split-window editing
  • Full screen editing
  • Date-stamped backups
  • Selection of text by text style, paragraph style, color, etc.
  • Find panel allows regular expressions (pattern matching)
  • All of Cocoa's good stuff (dictionary, word completion, etc.)
Note: Requires 64-bit processor.

  • Bean 3.4.6 Screenshots

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    Bean 3.4.6 Screenshot 1
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What's new in this version:

- Fixed a problem where opening a document could fail because _NSViewClampSizeToLimits would cause an assertion failure at fabs(size.height)