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I need to convert a few files to utf-8.
I have tried copying the text, and pasting in textedit, but when I reopen the file, I get gibberish. Apparently it doesn't recognize it as the right format. I have tried "Text Encoding Converter," with the same result.
Ideas? Solutions?
I have rsi and would rather not use the command line.
MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2013), OS X El Capitan (10.11.5)
Okay, I can open Textedit, and open files backwards through the Open dialogue instead of the Finder. I can select the appropriate encoding from the options button in the Open dialogue, and then open them, and then save them, which will save the encoding info.
If you want TextEdit to open or save files with a certain default encoding via double click, you can set this in TextEdit > Preferences > Open and Save > Plain Text Encoding > Opening/Saving
“Automatic” normally doesn’t work very well.
Convert Text to Utf-8
