Why does TextEdit now open to a Open Dialogue and NOT a new window?

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Why does TextEdit now open to a Open Dialogue and NOT a new window?

This page is wrong: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2523?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

Step #1 of the page about TetEdit is no longer true! Now when I open TextEdit I get an Open File dialogue instead of a New Document. WHY?!?!?! $%@%#^@&&@^#^

It is a pain in the butt to have to hit New Document every time when a new blank document used to just appear the second you opened TextEdit.

Another stupid "improvement?"

MacPro / MacAir, Mac OS X (10.5.4), everything Apple sells

Posted on Sep 20, 2013 4:16 PM

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db24401

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Sep 20, 2013 5:30 PM in response to kbastian

I am running Lion (10.7.5) and TextEdit (v1.7.1) on MBP 15 inch Early 2011,

and do not experience the problem that you describe.

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Nov 3, 2013 7:40 AM in response to kbastian

I agree very annoying. I use Textedit a lot for taking quick notes, amd now confronted with the dialogue box. Yes at the bottom left is a "new doc" button, but why change? SAnyone any ideas? I've looked at prefernces, but don't seem to be able to change anything??

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Dec 16, 2013 8:42 PM in response to Tony Rees

It's because you've enabled iCloud and that's triggered TextEdit to start with this new open dialog.

Here's the fix: http://chambersdaily.com/bradleychambers/2013/10/10/how-to-disable-the-icloud-op en-dialog-on-mountain-lion

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kbastian Author

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Dec 17, 2013 8:54 AM in response to kbastian

Thanks very much. Glad to hear Mavericks has app by app selection. System wide was an idiotic forced choice. There should just be an option in TextEdit, check box, "Always open new doc" or "Remember my choice" - but Apple no longer thinks things through post-Jobs, what with my list of 30 critical functional bugs in iOS7 that are still unresolved after 4 updates. So sad the quality direction Apple has turned.

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