Where are the temporary files of TextEdit stored?

Occasionally the untitled windows of TextEdit won't reopen on start-up. Forgot where those temporary files are stored. Please share their location.

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)

Posted on Sep 16, 2017 1:40 AM

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Posted on Sep 17, 2017 9:48 AM

The unsaved, untitled TextEdit document(s) are located in the following location as “Unsaved TextEdit Document.rtf.”


~/Library/Containers/com.apple.TextEdit/Data/Library/Autosave Information


In Finder, press shift+command+G, and copy/paste the above path into the Go To Folder dialog.

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Where are the temporary files of TextEdit stored?

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