If you keep on changing TextEdit from rich text mode to plain text each time you open the app, here's how you can change the default settings in the often-used text-editing tool.

Don’t forget Apple’s Notes either, as this is essentially a replacement for TextEdit and it’s available on every Mac, iPad and iPhone. It gives you the ability to create notes, format them ...

Use TextEdit’s Find function. This workaround is not exact, and again you can only use it to do a word count of the entire document, but at least it’s something you do in TextEdit itself.

TextEdit demonstrates Apple's new automatic file saving and versions technologies in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, which replaces the app's simple autosave feature (previously set to save a backup copy ...

TextEdit is fine for a built-in tool, but a few extra features would make a big difference. CotEditor is a native Mac app ...

The ChatGPT app for Mac is now able to integrate with coding apps like Xcode, VS Code, TextEdit, and Terminal, simplifying workflows where developers copy and paste their code from a coding app ...

TextEdit, the default text editor on the Mac, is great for file creation and editing. However, it isn’t suitable for writing or reviewing code, owing to a lack of functionality. IMAGE: Joan ...

Productivity apps: Apple Notes, Notion, and Quip When the feature was introduced, it only worked with iTerm 2, Terminal, TextEdit, VS Code, and Apple’s Xcode.