TextEdit no longer opens iCloud docs

I have been using TextEdit on iCloud for a long time. But suddenly when I try to open a file from the cloud it says it cannot open it. It shows me all the files, and in the Open File window I can click on a file, press the spacebar and see a preview of the file. It just won't open it. Any idea how to get around this?
NOTE: I did just switch from a MacBookPro to an iMac, but I'm using the same iCloud account and, like I said, I can see and preview all the text files from the cloud, I just can't open them.
Thanks,
Paul

Sounds like there's something wrong with the file, though what that might be I'm not sure. I don't know enough about encodings to know, but sounds like there's probably a mismatch between the file's encoding and what the file claims its encoding is.
Try opening it with [TextWrangler|http://www.barebones.com/products/TextWrangler>, then choose Edit -> Document Options and see what the encoding is reported to be there.

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