TextEdit - how to disable autosave on cmd+Q

[rob1302]

In Lion i've noticed that when quitting out of TextEdit using cmd+Q...if you have anything written down it doesn't ask you if you want to save it to file, it just closes the program and auto saves it for when you open up TextEdit next.

I know that if you use cmd+w to close instead of quit it'll ask you to save or not and then when you open it next it'll be a fresh(empty) new textedit page...the problem with this is that it's an extra step to quit TextEdit from running.

I was just wondering if anyone knew a way to work around this and have cmd+q ask to save/notsave or just auto not save at all when quitting.

Thanks

 

[rorschach]

In Terminal:

defaults write com.apple.TextEdit NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows -bool false

 

[Icy1007]

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Press option+command+Q

 

[rob1302]

I've tried both of those but it still saves whatever was in the pad when i reopen it.

And yes i correctly entered that command in terminal.
Proof that it's set to false.

Rob$ defaults read com.apple.TextEdit NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows
0

 

[Tutorer]

I expect that you cannot change autosave for TextEdit. The paradigm of how documents are saved has changed. You either adapt or choose an application that works corresponding to the old paradigm.

I like TextWrangler for plain text editing.

 

[paulsalter]

Like above, I am using TextWrangler now

If you want to use TextEdit, restore it from a SL backup, that version works fine in Lion (recommend not to overwrite the Lion version, just put the SL one in another folder)

 

[gerhard.tinned]

Like above, I am using TextWrangler now

If you want to use TextEdit, restore it from a SL backup, that version works fine in Lion (recommend not to overwrite the Lion version, just put the SL one in another folder)

I think the problem does not stop with TextEdit. Its a lot of Apple internal apps that do that. Preview could be one of them as well. I think replacing all these apps is not an option. :-( I search for a general switch to turn Auto-save OFF.

 

[tkermit]

I know that if you use cmd+w to close instead of quit it'll ask you to save or not and then when you open it next it'll be a fresh(empty) new textedit page...the problem with this is that it's an extra step to quit TextEdit from running.

Instead of pressing ⌘W you can press ⌥⌘W to close all windows and have the app ask you to save or not. Apps like TextEdit and Preview will now quit themselves automatically once there are no more windows open, so there shouldn't be a need to manually close the application afterwards.

 

[fat jez]

I search for a general switch to turn Auto-save OFF.

I don't think you'll find one as I think it's how the app is written. Anything which shipped with Lion will do autosaves. Anything like Pages will change its behaviour when used with Lion, unless you are using an older, pre-Lion version.

 

[gerhard.tinned]

Instead of pressing ⌘W you can press ⌥⌘W to close all windows and have the app ask you to save or not. Apps like TextEdit and Preview will now quit themselves automatically once there are no more windows open, so there shouldn't be a need to manually close the application afterwards.

I think you missunderstand the functionality "auto-save" with "resume". It does not hurt me anyhow that the windows apear again after i have closed the App (this is resume).

But when i close a document with ⌘W or ⌘Q the document gets saved without asking. This is what i want to disable. As it takes away the control over my files. I want to deside when and what i save!!!

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I don't think you'll find one as I think it's how the app is written. Anything which shipped with Lion will do autosaves. Anything like Pages will change its behaviour when used with Lion, unless you are using an older, pre-Lion version.

I am afraid you could be right. But i really hope you are wrong!!!

 

[tkermit]

I think you missunderstand the functionality "auto-save" with "resume".

No. I'm fully aware of the different functionality. I was thinking of untitled documents, because it seemed to me that that was what the OP was talking about. I told him how to eliminate the extra step he complained about.

 

[fat jez]

I am afraid you could be right. But i really hope you are wrong!!!

You and me both. I've gone back to SL. Unfortunately, at work we are getting MBPs shipped with Lion, so I can see a whole world of pain with autosaving some documents that are stored on network drives and of course, versioning only works with HFS formatting disks!

 

[noodlehead]

Mavericks even worse

I really regret updating my laptop to Mavericks. Will leave my Mac Pro with SL.
Among many other problems (both slowdowns/crashes and just stupid changes) Textedit now autosaves if you go in and edit a doc and then click the red button, and/or quit the program entirely. No "do you want to save changes?". This is just plain bad design.