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Save as in TextEdit?

I'm in TextEdit and I want to do a Save As... command but there isn't a Save As.. command. I see Save a Version command but nothing happens when I select that.

Why is this so difficult?

Thank you

Posted on Sep 6, 2012 1:50 PM

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Scot Walker Author

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Posted on Sep 6, 2012 2:40 PM

Well, I just read your page (thank you, again) and I'm implementing the workflow as designed and I think having to select Duplicate and then Save..., versus just selecting Save As..., is less efficient. That is my opinion, and I am welcome to have it. 😉

The Auto Save is really irrelevant to this discussion of not having Save As. I can have both.

The Save Version command is also irrelevant to Save As... I can create a version of the document I'm working in, but what if I want a new document based on the content of the current one? Save As...

I have document A and I want to have another document, document B, and have it based on document A, but with some different content. The fastest way to accomplish that, in my opinion, and the method I've been using for over 20 years, is to select Save As. I select Save As, I type in the name of document B, and then I start working in it. I have Document A and Document B on the hard drive and I'm working in the one I want to work in, which is Document B.

I don't really see how selecting Duplicate and then Save... is a better method. If Apple wants to add Duplicate to their File menu, more power to them, but I don't see how losing a feature is beneficial to me.

How is losing the Save As... command a good thing?

Now, you say I'm not well informed. What am I missing here?

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