PGN editor for mac?

I've done some searching but nothing's come up. Does anyone know any good PGN editors for mac?

Thanks for your time.

Other than the one here? You can create or annotate any PGN using the analysis board or in the forums. 

It's just a text file. Surely, Macs must be able to edit text files.

What is it you are trying to do?

Last time I tried to paste a manually written PGN file into the game editor, none of it picked up. So I need to find a different editor.

Here is a game created using the game editor (the chessboard icon) in just a few seconds. You can copy in a pgn from a game you played here. You can create one by starting with a blank board and adding in pieces. You can edit it as much as you please. You can get a copy to paste anywhere.

What more do you need?

/ Here is the actual pgn. You click on the icon next to the magnifying glass to get it.

[Date "????.??.??"]

[Result "*"]

[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7?? 5.e3! 

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If you want to easily create or update PGN files on a Mac I suggest using ChessX.   

http://chessx.sourceforge.net

If you just want a good Mac text editor try TextWrangler.

I wrote the PGN file myself outside the game editor. However, it refuses to be copied and pasted when I actually tried to put it into the game editor.

How about posting the PGN file here so we can inspect it? 

I tried pasting a faulty PGN (i deliberately left off the last quotation mark) and it behaved as you described.  (However i am using MS windows.)  So that might be the problem.  If you post the PGN file here, i bet someone will quickly find the error if there is one.

@Lite alright

[Event “Sparring with Compy”]

[Site “My House”]

[Date “2014.10.26”]

[Round “2”]

[White “VULPES_VULPES”]

[Black “Compy”]

[Result “1-0”]

[ECO “A25”]

[Opening “English Opening: Reverse Closed Sicilian”]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 {The English is not in Compy's opening book, so it took him about three minutes to come up with his moves right from the opening. I'm used to seeing 2. ... Nf6 also.} 3. d3 d6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nge2 Be6 8. O-O d5 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 a5 {I found this move rather needless. The only reason for this move might have been to stop a potential pawn break with an eventual b4. However, the thought of that wasn't even in my head at the time. I was looking from my attacking debut in the centre.} 11. a3 {To keep any pieces out of b4 when I move my queen to c2.} b6 {What the heck is Compy doing???} 12. Qc2 g6 13. Rfd1 {Moving my rook to a potential open file, staring at the black queen at the same time.} Bf8 14. cxd4 Nxd4 15. Nb5 Bc5 {I missed this move while I was going through my calculations at move 14.} 16. d4 exd4 17. exd4 Bg4 {Pinning and double-attacking my e2 knight. However, there were so much to calculate. I've tried analyzing them myself post-game but can't put it all together. I would like to request that you readers help me analyze this part of the game. Any contribution is appreciated.} 18. Re1 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Rxe2 20. Qxe2 Bf8 21. Qc4 Nce7 22. Rc1 Bh6 23. Rc2 c6 24. Nc3 b5 {Here I considered 25. Nxb5, sacrificing the exchange.} (25. Nxb5 cxb5 26. Qxb5) {With a more open position, but also more counterplay chances for my opponent. Since this was riskier, I decided against it.} 25. Qd3 Qd7 26. Ne4 f5 27. Nc5 Qc8 28. Re2 b4 29. Re6 Ra7 30. Qe2 Kf7 31. Qe5 Ra8 32. f4 Bg7 33. Qd6 bxa3 34. Ba1 Qh8 35. Rxe7+ {An exchange sacrifice for an attack and an open position, which is good for my bishops.} 35. ... Nxe7 36. Qe6+ Kf8 37. Nd7+ Ke8 38. Bxc6 Bxd4+ 39. Kg2 Rc8 40. Ne5+ Rxc6 41. Nxc6 Qf6 42. Nxd4 Qxe6 43. Nxe6 Nd5 44. Kf3 a2 45. Ke2 Ke7 46. Ng5 h6 47. Nf3 Ke6 48. Kd3 Nb4+ 49. Kc3 Nd5+ 50. Kc4 Ne3+ 51. Kd3 Nd5 52. Ne5 g5 53. fxg5 hxg5 54. Nc4 Nb4+ 55. Kd2 Nc6 56. Kc2 Kd5 57. h4 f4 58. hxg5 fxg3 59. g6 a4 60. g7 axb3+ 61. Kxb3 Ne7 62. Ne3 Ke4 63. Ng2 Kf3 64. Nh4+ Kg4 65. Ng6 Ng8 66. Kxa2 g2 67. Bd4 Kg5 68. Nf8 Kf4 69. Kb3 Ke4 70. Kc4 Kf5 71. Kd5 Nf6+ 72. Kc4 Ng8 73. Kd3 Ne7 74. Ke2 Ng8 75. Kf2 Be4 76. Bb7 g1=Q+ 77. Kxg1 Kf5 78. Kf2 Kf4 79. Nd7 Kf5 80. Kf3 Ke6 81. Nf8+ Kf5 82. Nd7 Ke6 83. Nf6 Kf7 84. Nxg8 Kg8 85. Kg5 Kh7 86. Kg5 Kg8 87. Kf6 Kh7 88. Kf7 Kh6 89. g8=Q Kh5 90. Qg3 Kh6 91. Qg4 Kh7 92. Qg7#

The problem is with the quotation marks. They have to be plain ":s, not the pretty ones (“ and ”) you have there.

I'm pretty sure that's the font style.

Well, if you replace the quotation marks in the header you get this:

And if you're using TextEdit or some such to create your PGN-files, you can turn off the automatic substitution of quotation marks. I'm on a Swedish system so I won't paste a screenshot, but you can go into preferences and look for yourself.

It's unable to save as a pgn file (TextEdit)

Agree with chrka.  i changed the quotation marks and it then pasted okay.

Here's what i used:

[Event "Sparring with Compy"]

[Site "My House"]

[Date "2014.10.26"]

[Round "2"]

[White "VULPES_VULPES"]

[Black "Compy"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "A25"]

[Opening "English Opening: Reverse Closed Sicilian"]

 

 

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 {The English is not in Compy's opening book, so it took him about

three minutes to come up with his moves right from the opening. I'm used to seeing 2. ...

Nf6 also.} 3. d3 d6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nge2 Be6 8. O-O d5 9. b3 Re8

10. Bb2 a5 {I found this move rather needless. The only reason for this move might have

been to stop a potential pawn break with an eventual b4. However, the thought of that

wasn't even in my head at the time. I was looking from my attacking debut in the centre.}

11. a3 {To keep any pieces out of b4 when I move my queen to c2.} b6 {What the heck

is Compy doing???} 12. Qc2 g6 13. Rfd1 {Moving my rook to a potential open file,

staring at the black queen at the same time.} Bf8 14. cxd4 Nxd4 15. Nb5 Bc5 {I missed

this move while I was going through my calculations at move 14.} 16. d4 exd4 17. exd4

Bg4 {Pinning and double-attacking my e2 knight. However, there were so much to

calculate. I've tried analyzing them myself post-game but can't put it all together. I would

like to request that you readers help me analyze this part of the game. Any contribution is

appreciated.} 18. Re1 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Rxe2 20. Qxe2 Bf8 21. Qc4 Nce7 22. Rc1 Bh6 23.

Rc2 c6 24. Nc3 b5 {Here I considered 25. Nxb5, sacrificing the exchange.} (25. Nxb5

cxb5 26. Qxb5) {With a more open position, but also more counterplay chances for my

opponent. Since this was riskier, I decided against it.} 25. Qd3 Qd7 26. Ne4 f5 27. Nc5

Qc8 28. Re2 b4 29. Re6 Ra7 30. Qe2 Kf7 31. Qe5 Ra8 32. f4 Bg7 33. Qd6 bxa3 34. Ba1

Qh8 35. Rxe7+ {An exchange sacrifice for an attack and an open position, which is good

for my bishops.} 35. ... Nxe7 36. Qe6+ Kf8 37. Nd7+ Ke8 38. Bxc6 Bxd4+ 39. Kg2 Rc8

40. Ne5+ Rxc6 41. Nxc6 Qf6 42. Nxd4 Qxe6 43. Nxe6 Nd5 44. Kf3 a2 45. Ke2 Ke7 46.

Ng5 h6 47. Nf3 Ke6 48. Kd3 Nb4+ 49. Kc3 Nd5+ 50. Kc4 Ne3+ 51. Kd3 Nd5 52. Ne5

g5 53. fxg5 hxg5 54. Nc4 Nb4+ 55. Kd2 Nc6 56. Kc2 Kd5 57. h4 f4 58. hxg5 fxg3 59. g6

a4 60. g7 axb3+ 61. Kxb3 Ne7 62. Ne3 Ke4 63. Ng2 Kf3 64. Nh4+ Kg4 65. Ng6 Ng8 66.

Kxa2 g2 67. Bd4 Kg5 68. Nf8 Kf4 69. Kb3 Ke4 70. Kc4 Kf5 71. Kd5 Nf6+ 72. Kc4 Ng8

73. Kd3 Ne7 74. Ke2 Ng8 75. Kf2 Be4 76. Bb7 g1=Q+ 77. Kxg1 Kf5 78. Kf2 Kf4 79.

Nd7 Kf5 80. Kf3 Ke6 81. Nf8+ Kf5 82. Nd7 Ke6 83. Nf6 Kf7 84. Nxg8 Kg8 85. Kg5 Kh7

86. Kg5 Kg8 87. Kf6 Kh7 88. Kf7 Kh6 89. g8=Q Kh5 90. Qg3 Kh6 91. Qg4 Kh7 92.

Qg7#

If you want to use TextEdit you have to convert the document to pure text. Hit Shift-Command-T and you should be set. Then you save it as something.pgn.