Prevent TextEdit from Locking Documents?

Davoud

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Apr 5, 2012, 5:20:32 PM4/5/12

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When I open a document with TextEdit I do not want it to be locked,
even if I last edited the document 10 years ago. I don't see anything
in the preferences to prevent locking of documents. Suggestions most
welcome, and TIA.

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Király

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Apr 5, 2012, 7:04:41 PM4/5/12

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Davoud <st...@sky.net> wrote:
> When I open a document with TextEdit I do not want it to be locked,
> even if I last edited the document 10 years ago. I don't see anything
> in the preferences to prevent locking of documents. Suggestions most
> welcome, and TIA.

Running Lion?

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Davoud

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Apr 5, 2012, 7:06:14 PM4/5/12

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Davoud:

> > When I open a document with TextEdit I do not want it to be locked,
> > even if I last edited the document 10 years ago. I don't see anything
> > in the preferences to prevent locking of documents. Suggestions most
> > welcome, and TIA.

Király:
> Running Lion?

Yep.

Wes Groleau

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Apr 5, 2012, 9:37:51 PM4/5/12

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On 04-05-2012 17:20, Davoud wrote:
> When I open a document with TextEdit I do not want it to be locked,
> even if I last edited the document 10 years ago. I don't see anything
> in the preferences to prevent locking of documents. Suggestions most
> welcome, and TIA.

It's irritating, but it's only one extra click to get past it.

Maybe if you run a cron job to touch every file daily ?

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Ian Hartley

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Apr 6, 2012, 8:33:43 AM4/6/12

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On 05/04/2012 22:20, Davoud wrote:
> When I open a document with TextEdit I do not want it to be locked,
> even if I last edited the document 10 years ago. I don't see anything
> in the preferences to prevent locking of documents. Suggestions most
> welcome, and TIA.
>

Is it todo with Preferences > Time Machine > Options Lock documents ?
after last edit being ticked.

Ian

Davoud

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Apr 6, 2012, 2:10:06 PM4/6/12

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Davoud:
> > ... I don't see anything

> > in the preferences to prevent locking of documents. Suggestions most
> > welcome, and TIA.

Ian Hartley:

> Is it todo with Preferences > Time Machine > Options Lock documents ?
> after last edit being ticked.

Thank you, thank you! I would never have looked there.

Király

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Apr 6, 2012, 5:50:25 PM4/6/12

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Davoud <st...@sky.net> wrote:
> > Is it todo with Preferences > Time Machine > Options Lock documents ?
> > after last edit being ticked.
>
> Thank you, thank you! I would never have looked there.

I agree that that's a dumb place to put that preference.

Davoud

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Apr 6, 2012, 6:45:17 PM4/6/12

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Ian Hartley:

> > > Is it todo with Preferences > Time Machine > Options Lock documents ?
> > > after last edit being ticked.

Davoud:

> > Thank you, thank you! I would never have looked there.

Király:

> I agree that that's a dumb place to put that preference.

For the stated reason I am happy to have Mr. Hartley's reply, and I
have given no thought to where such a preference should be located, if
such a preference is needed at all. Thus I don't know if that's a dumb
place or not.

I haven't followed the various auto-save threads and I don't know
anything about it--what its purpose is, and the like. I know that I
don't like the loss of Command-D as a "Don't Save" shortcut for a
TextEdit, as I frequently make temporary notes in TE that I have no
need to save and I was quite accustomed to Cmd-W Cmd-D. The extra mouse
or trackpad click is an annoyance.

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Sep 2, 2012, 9:17:09 AM9/2/12

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> > > > Is it todo with Preferences > Time Machine > Options Lock documents ?

just going to clarify:

Finder > System Preferences > Time Machine > Options Lock documents

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Dec 28, 2013, 11:20:32 AM12/28/13

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> Finder > System Preferences > Time Machine > Options Lock documents

Thank you!

margareth...@gmail.com

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Feb 10, 2014, 8:33:22 AM2/10/14

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THANK YOU!!! I was going crazy.

Ant

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Feb 10, 2014, 10:44:54 AM2/10/14

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On 2/10/2014 5:33 AM PT, margareth...@gmail.com typed:

> THANK YOU!!! I was going crazy.

Ditto! I hated that.
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Feb 28, 2014, 12:20:33 AM2/28/14

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Ditto in my thanks to Mr. Hartley. Saved me from many more years of annoyance. Hurrah.

As for this comment:

> I know that I
> don't like the loss of Command-D as a "Don't Save" shortcut for a
> TextEdit, as I frequently make temporary notes in TE that I have no
> need to save and I was quite accustomed to Cmd-W Cmd-D. The extra mouse
> or trackpad click is an annoyance.

There is a new short cut for the the "Don't Save" button (at least in Apple apps), and it is Command-Delete (just like sending a file to the trash). I was really bummed about the loss of that shortcut too, until I discovered that they just changed it! Silly buggers. Also, note that Microsoft apps for the Mac use a different shortcut for "Don't Save": "D". Yes, just hit the letter "D" when you're looking at the Save dialog box, and your document will be speedily disposed of.

Cheers.