Saving plain text on a mac (Keyboard shortcuts file)

Hi there perhaps some mac users can help me...
I am manually editing the keyboard shortcuts file in TEXT edit on a mac (Im a pc user). I open the file as plain text  all the rich text stuff turned off.
(Looked up how to do this.)
I edit one of the shortcuts, no unusual characters etc.
When I restart CC, it gives an error and shows squiggley characters at that line as the problem.
On a pc I just edit and save as plain text and there are no issues...
What am I doing wrong on a mac in Text edit ?
Thanks Alan.

The issue you are encountering might be related to how TextEdit handles line endings?  Not sure, but have you tried using the KeyedUp script to edit shortcuts?  I used it for CC and it seems to be working fine.
http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?event=extensionDetail&extid=1698043
Hope that helps,
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