First off, I have disabled iCloud as default location for Save As dialogs in TextEdit.app:
defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSDocumentSaveNewDocumentsToCloud -bool false
… But still, I have one critical beef in TextEdit:
Save As… dialogs don't remember the last location where I saved a file! To the best of my knowledge, this used to be the case prior to (Mountain) Lion.
How can I restore this behavior?
Example use case:
- Open TextEdit.
- Type something.
- Hit
⌘W
. - Save As dialog appears; choose ~/Desktop.
- Quit and reopen TextEdit.
- Repeating steps 1–3 … it doesn't default to ~/Desktop! (It's always ~/Documents.)
Best Answer
There is software that can track this folder and augment the standard behavior that you are seeing.
I find Default Folder to be the best of class, and you can try it for free and then decide if it's worth paying once you've had a chance to kick the tires a bit.
http://www.stclairsoft.com/DefaultFolderX/