Change General settings in Textmode on Mac

In the Textmode app on your Mac, use General settings to choose how documents are opened and saved and to adjust other basic behaviors.

To change these settings, choose Textmode > Settings, then click General.

Option	Description
Reopen windows from last session	When selected, Textmode automatically reopens the documents that were open the last time you quit the app. This setting takes effect the next time you launch Textmode, and the change is fully applied the time after that.
When nothing else is open	Choose what Textmode does when you launch the app and no other windows are open: Create New Document: Create a new blank document. Show Open Dialog: Show the Open dialog to select a document to open. Do Nothing: Open the app without creating or showing any document.
Enable Auto Save with Versions	Automatically saves your document while you work. This option also enables Versions, the macOS feature that lets you browse and restore previous versions of a document and change its name or location from the title bar. Even when this option is off, Textmode creates a backup in case the app quits unexpectedly. For details, see Save documents.
When document is changed by another application	Choose the behavior when the document is modified by another app while it’s open in Textmode: Keep Textmode’s version: Keep the version currently shown in Textmode. Textmode may ask whether to overwrite the version changed by another app when you save. Ask how to resolve: Show a dialog so you can choose whether to keep Textmode’s version or update to the latest version on disk. Update to modified version: Automatically update the text to the latest version on disk. Note that this also clears the undo history.
Dialog warnings	Choose whether to show warning dialogs when issues are found in your document. See Manage warnings for each warning item.
Command-line tool	Shows the installation status of the `cot` command-line tool. With `cot`, you can launch Textmode and open files from the command line. For details, see Work with cot command.

Software Update (non–App Store version only)
Option	Description
Check for updates automatically	Automatically checks for a new version on the internet when the app launches. If one is available, Textmode notifies you in a dialog.
Update to prereleases when available	Also includes prerelease (beta) versions as update candidates when they are available. Note that prerelease versions may be unstable.

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