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IMO, you have to twiddle exactly one preference, exactly once, to make TextEdit a workable plaintext editor. In TextEdit -> Preferences..., select the "Plain t
by valleyer 7y ago
IMO, you have to twiddle exactly one preference, exactly once, to make TextEdit a workable plaintext editor.
In TextEdit -> Preferences..., select the "Plain text" radio button. New documents are created as plain text now.
- Paperweight 7y agoKind of, but to be safe you have to change 12 preferences from the defaults, IMO. New Document: Format: Plain Text (select) Options: Check spelling as you type (disable) Correct spelling automatically (disable) Smart copy/paste (disable) Smart quotes (disable) Smart dashes (disable) Text replacement (disable) Open and Save: When Opening a File: Display HTML files as HTML code instead of formatted text (enable) Display RTF files as RTF code instead of formatted text (enable) When Saving a File: Add ".txt" extension to plain text files (disable) Plain Text File Encoding: Opening files = Unicode (UTF-8) Saving files = Unicode (UTF-8)