The problem is, with the Resume feature, Text Edit is going to reopen the same window. You need to try to delete the Text Edit preference file in your user library or find the Text Edit entry in the Saved Application State folder of your user library and delete that file. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On May 13, 2012, at 10:49 AM, David Hilbert Poehlman wrote: > all, > > I accidentally pasted too much info into text edit and I cannot clear it. > even if I force quit, empty the caches when I re open it, it goes busy. I've > also restarted my computer. > > Is there a fix for this? > would deleting the prefs file do it? > > Thanks for any help. > > -- > Jonnie Appleseed > With His > Hands-On Technolog(eye)s > Touching The Internet > Reducing Technology's disabilities > One Byte At A Time > > ************ > > > You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. > > > The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to > their list subscription is: > > //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind > > The list archive is located at > > //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ > > All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: > > john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx