TextEdit Archives - defaults-write.com https://www.defaults-write.com/cat/textedit/ Unveil hidden macOS (OS X) features Mon, 10 Dec 2018 10:09:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://i0.wp.com/www.defaults-write.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/defwriteicon.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 TextEdit Archives - defaults-write.com https://www.defaults-write.com/cat/textedit/ 32 32 40598044 Use plain text as default format in TextEdit https://www.defaults-write.com/plain-text-default-textedit/ https://www.defaults-write.com/plain-text-default-textedit/#comments Sat, 06 Jan 2018 19:03:12 +0000 http://www.defaults-write.com/?p=1349 TextEdit is a simple application for quickly writing text and notes. The text can be edited in RTF (Rich Text Format) mode, as well as plain text. With the following defaults write command you can enable plain text as default format in TextEdit.

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]]> TextEdit is a simple application for quickly writing text and notes. The text can be edited in RTF (Rich Text Format) mode, as well as plain text. With the following defaults write command you can enable plain text as default format in TextEdit.

Copy and paste the following command in OS X Terminal:

defaults write com.apple.TextEdit RichText -int 0

Revert to the default setting with the following command:

defaults delete com.apple.TextEdit RichText

Default plain text in texteditor

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]]> https://www.defaults-write.com/plain-text-default-textedit/feed/ 3 1349 Disable the ruler in TextEdit by default https://www.defaults-write.com/disable-the-ruler-in-textedit-by-default/ Wed, 14 Aug 2013 18:00:51 +0000 http://www.defaults-write.com/?p=1061 If you regularly use TextEdit, you will notice that TextEdit displays the ruler by default when creating or opening rich text documents. It’s not possible to turn off the ruler by default in Preferences. Offcorse you can You can disable the ruler in TextEdit with the following OS X Terminal command: defaults write com.apple.TextEdit ShowRuler 0 If you want to use the ruler you can use ⌘R or choosing Format > Text > Show Ruler from the menu. Revert to default setting: defaults delete com.apple.TextEdit ShowRuler

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]]> If you regularly use TextEdit, you will notice that TextEdit displays the ruler by default when creating or opening rich text documents. It’s not possible to turn off the ruler by default in Preferences. Offcorse you can You can disable the ruler in TextEdit with the following OS X Terminal command: 

defaults write com.apple.TextEdit ShowRuler 0

If you want to use the ruler you can use ⌘R or choosing Format > Text > Show Ruler from the menu.

Revert to default setting:

defaults delete com.apple.TextEdit ShowRuler

textedit terminal

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