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.

If needed, Apple's TextEdit program can be used to modify hidden system files.

Want to work on your TextEdit files on your iPad? Bad news: there is no iPad app, but there are ways to access TextEdit files on iPad and some great alternatives.

AppleInsider reveals how to compile the list using TextEdit. There aren't many reasons why one would want to create a list of file names, but sometimes it can be quite a useful thing to produce.

This is probably staring me in the face but I can't figure out how to add a page break to a .rtf in TextEdit. I read the Help entry (hmmphf!) to no avail. I know that page breaks are recognized in ...

How to Convert a Mac Document to Word. The default format for documents that you create for your business using the Mac's native word processor application TextEdit is RTF, or Rich Text Format.

TextEdit is not only useful for quickly editing code (which is primarily stored in basic text formats), but also can be used as to take notes using its rich text format support that is still a ...

How to recover lost TextEdit files on Mac: Using Time Machine backup One last way of trying to recover files is through Apple’s Time Machine backup app.

How to Force Line Breaks in TextPad. TextPad doesn't have a built-in method for automatically creating line breaks. Depending on whether you want to use TextEdit to create HTML documents for your ...