It also handles HTML, which can be displayed either as rich text with embedded formatting and links or, by changing an item in TextEdit preferences, as raw HTML.

Now, when you open up a new document in TextEdit, it’ll automatically be set as plain text, with no formatting options or anything else cluttering up the screen.

Here's how you can select different pieces of text and copy them at the same time in TextEdit.

Ted Landau finds that when it comes to TextEdit's inability to save files, it's better to quit (and restart) than fight.