Text Edit crashes

[Quilisma]

I use Textedit a lot. Sometimes I go to open a document and it says I don't have permission. So I close and re-start Textedit and it works again.

I also have to close and re-open it when I want to save a new document. I go through the motions to save, give it a title, click save, and nothing happens. So I have to copy my text into an already-opened textedit document, close the program, re-start it, open up the document, remove the text and put it into a new doc then save it.

Please help!

 

[Kaveman]

Try deleting the TextEdit preferences in the Library > Preferences Folder
To go the Library hold down Option and it will be in the Go menu.

 

[Quilisma]

Sorry - can't find it anywhere! I'm looking in Finder, tried a Spotlight search ... I know I've been there before but don't know how I got there. Holding down Option (Alt?) key doesn't do anything.

 

[Kaveman]

In Finder, There is a Go menu
OPen the Menu and when you press Option, Library will appear.

 

[Quilisma]

Thank you Kaveman. Once I'd got through the secret trapdoor the only things with Textedit in the name were these:

com.apple.TextEdit.LSSharedFileList.plist
com.apple.TextEdit.SandboxedPersistentURLs.LSSharedFileList.plist

so I deleted them. Do I need to empty the trash too?

Assuming this is my answer, I won't actually know for a while as it's an intermittent fault. But let's hope it is - in which case many thanks! - or I'll be back.

 

[Quilisma]

Well it didn't work, because today I was unable to save anything and had to quit and re-open Textedit for it to correct.

Any further ideas please?

 

[Kaveman]

Same Idea different location.
Library (again) > Containers > com.apple.TextEdit > Data > Library > Preferences > com.apple.TextEdit.plist and friends

 

[Quilisma]

Ok, I've now deleted

com.apple.TextEdit.LSSharedFileList.plist
com.apple.TextEdit.plist
too.

Do I have to empty Trash?

Thank you

 

[Kaveman]

yes, just to ensure they are gone

 

[Quilisma]

Many thanks. Done. Let's see .....

 

[Quilisma]

SADLY, it's me again. I knew it was about to go squiffy again because a file appeared on the desktop - the same name as the one I'd just closed, only with a string of alphabet after it. I deleted that, then went to open another doc and got "You don't have permission to open that". So quit Textedit, reopen, and off we go again.

 

[Kaveman]

What version are you using? I use it all the time and have no problems.
Not sure you want to go deleting those temp files, behind its back.

1.8 (301)

 

[Quilisma]

Version 1.8 (301). I never used to have problems! This laptop was new in January, and problems started around Easter and are getting more frequent. Any ideas?

 

[Spawn_Dooley]

Have you tried repairing Permissions using Disc Utility (found in Applications ~> Utilities) you can use the keyboard shortcut Shift + Command () + U to launch the Utilities folder from Finder.

One of these files you don't have permission for, have you brought up a "Get Info" window on it in Finder and had a look down the bottom in the "Sharing & Permissions" section to see what permissions you have? If you can't see anything, click the disclosure triangle to display the section.

 

[Quilisma]

Spawn Dooley - I opened the Disc Utility and found myself right out of my depth. Think I'll need to wait for my son in a couple of weeks.

When it says I don't have permission, it's just a symptom of crashing, not - I think - related to any particular file. It's always files I use constantly. But no, I haven't checked the info. I'll leave this page open till it happens next time.

 

[Quilisma]

All done now ... let's see what happens.

 

[Quilisma]

It lasted two days. Then wouldn't save anything and wouldn't open anything. A re-start sorted it, but meanwhile I had to c & p everything into Pages, then put it all back.

Any more suggestions please?

 

[Quilisma]

Oh - when it wouldn't open anything it didn't say I didn't have permission, but there was no application to open it with.

 

[Kaveman]

Same Idea different location.
Library (again) > Containers > delete the whole com.apple.TextEdit folder

 

[Quilisma]

Thank you Kaveman. I didn't get a notification of your reply, hence late checking it out. I've done that. We will see ...