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In Lion, TextEdit used to open with a blank file by default. On Mountain Lion, it launches with a file picker by default — either for choosing to store the file in iCloud or for opening a local file.

How can I make TextEdit launch with a blank file by default in Mountain Lion?

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Go to System Preferences > iCloud > uncheck "Documents & Data" from the sync list.

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Doing this will remove the possibility to save and sync documents and data from any application in OS X. – Hoshts Aug 20 '12 at 21:26
It's the only way - otherwise, it'll prompt whether you want to save a document to iCloud or locally. Remove iCloud from the mix, you get a blank document locally. – Bo Shubinsky Aug 20 '12 at 21:26
That's fucking terrible. – anjunatl Feb 27 at 19:22
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I ditched TextEdit in Mountain Lion... Notepad from the AppStore is a great plain text editor, for codes I rather use Tincta.

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