Re: TextEdit corruption

2014-04-26 Thread Pat
I closed the computer down yesterday, and just restarted it this afternoon. Tried TextEdit and checked to see if it would replace all, and it does. So, mysterious episode is over, and still mysterious. Thanks for the replies, Ronni and Severin. Cheers, Pat On 25 Apr 2014, at 4:45 pm, Pat wro

Re: TextEdit corruption

2014-04-25 Thread Ronni Brown
Hi Pat, Mavericks hides the user Library folder (that is, ~/Library) by default, just as Lion and Mountain Lion did. You can open it easily enough by holding down Option while choosing Library from the Finder’s Go menu, but if you find yourself doing this frequently, that can get to be a hassl

Re: TextEdit corruption

2014-04-25 Thread Pat
Hi, Severin, Thanks for your reply. However, I did look there for it, and looked again just now, but it just doesn’t seem to be there. I looked in the Library and looked for Users/pat/Library, but I don’t see that either. Running Mavericks, 10.9.2. Pat On 25 Apr 2014, at 4:53 pm, Severin C

Re: TextEdit corruption

2014-04-25 Thread Severin Crisp
It is in your user Library. /Library/Preferences/ com.apple.TextEdit.plist Severin Crisp On 25 Apr 2014, at 4:45 pm, Pat wrote: > I have been turning text into html. A collegue sends me text in emails. I > copy the text and paste it into TextEdit, then I copy and paste it into an > html

TextEdit corruption

2014-04-25 Thread Pat
I have been turning text into html. A collegue sends me text in emails. I copy the text and paste it into TextEdit, then I copy and paste it into an html editor. He sprinkles his text liberally with ampersand signs, &, which require coding. To save time and effort, it is my custom to Find ‘&' an