How to recover lost TextEdit files on Mac: Back up your data Before we begin with ways to recover files it seems a good moment to point out how vital a regular backup routine is for any system.

We show how to add a word-count function to TextEdit, Apple's simple text editor program for the Mac ...

If you keep on changing TextEdit from rich text mode to plain text each time you open the app, here's how you can change the default settings in the often-used text-editing tool.