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by pavlov 557 days ago
That's even crazier than my habit of writing notes in macOS TextEdit and never saving them. (Currently at "Untitled 235")
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thih9 557 days ago
I’m at 380; I discovered that if you open mission control[1], preferably via the four-fingers-swipe-up touchpad gesture, you get some pretty visuals.

Also, I have access to all of them on my phone via Files app and the iCloud sync, this is surprisingly practical.

[1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_Control_(macOS)

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isametry 556 days ago
> I have access to all of them on my phone via Files app and the iCloud sync

TIL that "unsaved" TextEdit files automatically go to the iCloud/TextEdit folder! That changes things for sure. (It also means that there is no such thing as an unsaved TextEdit file.)

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isametry 556 days ago
Have you given Stickies.app a try? It is designed exactly around this model (notes are never "saved" in a true sense, they just live all over your desktop, what you can do is export / import text however).

Although I'd be surprised if you haven't.

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