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my text edit documents have disappeared???

Good morning,

I could use some help here.

This morning, I had clicked on the Text Edit icon in the dock and the documents have disappeared?

There is nothing there.

I had 6 last night.

I do not recall doing anything at all to cause this.

Thanks to anyone with suggestions.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jul 30, 2021 7:05 AM

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Posted on Jul 30, 2021 8:50 AM

MichaelTHudson wrote:

Good morning,
I could use some help here.
This morning, I had clicked on the Text Edit icon in the dock and the documents have disappeared?
There is nothing there.
I had 6 last night.
I do not recall doing anything at all to cause this.
Thanks to anyone with suggestions.


Just because you open the TextEdit.app does not mean all your past TextEdit documents appear...


Where did you save them to(?)—look there.


Save documents in TextEdit on Mac - Apple Support


TextEdit User Guide for Mac - Apple Support


Open documents in TextEdit on Mac - Apple Support



If still no insight or resolve See if you can find them in local snapshots—

About Time Machine local snapshots - Apple Support


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Jul 30, 2021 8:50 AM in response to MichaelTHudson

MichaelTHudson wrote:

Good morning,
I could use some help here.
This morning, I had clicked on the Text Edit icon in the dock and the documents have disappeared?
There is nothing there.
I had 6 last night.
I do not recall doing anything at all to cause this.
Thanks to anyone with suggestions.


Just because you open the TextEdit.app does not mean all your past TextEdit documents appear...


Where did you save them to(?)—look there.


Save documents in TextEdit on Mac - Apple Support


TextEdit User Guide for Mac - Apple Support


Open documents in TextEdit on Mac - Apple Support



If still no insight or resolve See if you can find them in local snapshots—

About Time Machine local snapshots - Apple Support


Jul 30, 2021 8:50 AM in response to PRP_53

There is nothing there.

It had occurred to me, that yesterday I viewed a video on how to get rid of "Documents and Data" on iPhone.

I wonder, whether I had deleted something in iCloud to clear up space on the phone.

I just opened Text Edit, opened a new document, typed the word "Test" and that document is there. The others are not.

I'm assuming I did something and they are gone.

my text edit documents have disappeared???

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