Dec 05, '11 07:30:00AM • Contributed by: barryjaylevine
Just copy TextEdit over from your Snow Leopard machine and rename it so you know the difference; I used 'TextEdit-SL.' Now drop it into your Dock and you'll have the traditional, proven, time-honored way to deal with files (instead of having to resort to TimeMachine to revert back to a version that decided to save changes you never intended to keep).
Unfortunately, Lion won't let you delete TextEdit directly. I haven't tried renaming it, replacing it with the SL version (with the proper name) and then trying to delete it.
[crarko adds: I copied (and renamed) TextEdit from my 10.6 drive and it works just fine. You'd need root privileges to try the renaming experiment; I didn't try it. I'd strongly suggest leaving the original alone, in case changing it would confuse Software Update. Also, if you want to have Auto-save and Versions support, continue to use the Lion version of TextEdit. Finally, if you do save a document from the 10.6 version, remember that when you double-click it that will launch the Lion version as the default.]
