The built in text editor with Mac OS X. It started on NEXTSTEP, and was then included as a replacement to SimpleText when Mac OS X shipped. The project is also open source.
Questions tagged [textedit]
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Is there a way to refresh a file that is opened by TextEdit?
As an academic, I often have to conduct "numerical experiments" by running a small computer program that outputs to a text file.
I use TextEdit to read the text file.
However, when I re-run the program, and the contents of the text file changes, I…
I Like to Code
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TextEdit app always opens with File Open dialog
Every time I open my TextEdit app it starts with the File Open dialog open.
How do I stop this?
Snowcrash
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How do you delete a column in TextEdit?
Using TextEdit, I created a table in a RTF document. Now I want to delete one of the columns in the table, and I see no option anywhere to delete a column. How do I delete a column in a table in TextEdit?
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TextEdit keeps duplicating my text file and adding a strange extension
A lot of the time, when I open a file in TextEdit, such as test.txt, it will create another file test.txt.sb-d7bff531-E4qLT8 in the same directory.
Why does it do this?
Kyle
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Textedit crashed and lost a previously saved file
I have a file I created and edited with textedit. I saved the file many many times. Textedit crashed and I rebooted and the file it entirely gone.
What happened?
Is there a way to recover it?
A bit more background on the problem and my machine:
I…
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How to change the default opening application for a file created by touch?
I create a file by touch myFile in the Terminal.
When I open this file in the Finder, it opens with TextEdit. But TextEdit is not ok for me, because it automatically transforms the character ' into ‘, which is not satisfactory for coding.
Thus, I…
Colas
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Close a file TextEdit without saving
Every time I close (command-W) a file I'm editing in TextEdit, it will save any changes without even ask me (and several of those times, I didn't want the changes to be saved).
I couldn't find any option on the Preferences to disable this. Is there…
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TextEdit wants to save as RTFD because of graphics, but I have used no graphics
I have been copying and pasting lots of contact info into a Textedit file.
I have been saving as I go along and it saves as .RTF
Now suddenly it says:
This document contains graphics and will be saved using RTFD (RTF with graphics) format. RTFD…
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TextEdit saves changes to file without prompting when you duplicate
I opened a file and modified the contents, then selected duplicate meaning to save the duplicate as a new file. I closed the original, expecting rekect the prompt to save changes... instead it closed the file with my changes without any prompting at…
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In Textedit, is there a way to save all open files at once?
In Textedit, is there a way to save all open files at once?
As of now, I have to save them one-by-one. I wish there's a Save All option, or is there some hack-ish Way through the command line or something where I can do this?
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Find in all open TextEdit documents?
Is there any way to find a string in all open TextEdit documents (rather than just one document?) I have hundred plus such open documents, unsaved.
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Why can't I replace all when TextEdit is in plaintext mode?
For some reason, when I switch TextEdit to plaintext mode, the find and replace menu changes, so if I want to "replace all" I have to manually hit replace a bunch of times, or flip it into rich text mode, replace all, then flip it back.
Rich Text…
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Mac OS 10.15 TextEdit will not save edited documents "The document “1969 GREYHOUNDS email ref.txt” could not be saved"
The problem does not seem to occur on the machine hard drive (when saved to the desktop); only on mounted server drives.
A variant on the message is: "The document “1969 GREYHOUNDS email ref test copy.rtf” could not be autosaved."
The server is also…
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What is the purpose of the scale at the top in TextEdit
What is the purpose of the scale at the top of TextEdit.
What are various ways one can make use of that scale?
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How can I zoom in TextEdit without breaking word wrap/wrap to window?
I am using the TextEdit in the default mode i.e wrap to window mode for the rtf files.
How do I zoom in(using 2 finger zoom gesture on trackpad) to view the text without breaking the wrap-to-window feature?