Magical working of Tags in Mavericks
Tags in Mavericks are a smarter option
for managing the files and folders. Organising thousands of folders
and files becomes an easy task with the help of such facility.
Existing files can be chosen by clicking on the tag accordingly.
Moreover, searching and sorting task will become uncomplicated and we
would be able to navigate according to our convenience.
Generating Tag preferences
Using Tag preferences, we can select
the different names, colors etc. of our choice. Just select
Preferences option from Finder and press Tags button. User can change
the order of tag by clicking and dragging the dot tag according to
their preferences. Also one can rename the tag and give it a unique
name by just clicking on it. There are some certain tags that appear
in the File menu and Shortcut menus of the Finder. The user can
simply drag the Favourite tag and replace it with the new tag of his
own choice. Now comes the inactive tag, which are invisible tags.
They can't be seen in the sidebar but we can definitely add them
according to our convenience. For example, Hyphen indicate a new tag
whereas checkmark denotes that the current tag is available in the
sidebar. And the tags can still be used after unchecking on it but
will not appear in the sidebar of Finder and dialog window.
Operating Tags
Tags in Mavericks present in different
colours i.e. red, blue, pink etc. There are many options available
for using the tag. So let us see the different scenarios of tagging
the document, files or folders:
1) Using Right-click on Finder option:
Tags can be accessed from the file menu
available in Finder bar. Seven colours can be seen by default by
clicking on Finder menu. Just right click on the file that you want
to tag and scroll down the mouse to choose from the colourful tags
options. And if you want to delete the tag, just click on the
existing tag and press delete key. In case you want to click on
certain files together then just hold Command key and select various
files. Then follow the same procedure as well.
2) Using tag from the File menu
You may also select the required tag
colour from the window on which you are working directly. For doing
so, one needs to go to the File menu in the same window in which you
are working and then apply the tag from there.
3) Using iCloud shortcut to tag
documents
Some applications such as Apple's
TextEdit support iCloud. Once the iCloud set up is there, saving and
managing the documents becomes easier. Now applying tags to the
document while saving consumes time and effort. Now you could able to
see the small triangle that appears just after the document's name in
the window title bar. Click on that icon and apply the tag in the
Tags field.
4) Using tag shortcut
When we have to manage large number of
files, it become a tedious task to deal with it. So creating a
shortcut in such a situation will make the task quite easier. Here we
require the keyboard shortcut to perform this task. First launch
System preferences to select the keyboard preference. After choosing,
click on the shortcuts tab. A window will appear with the option App
Shortcuts, just select it and then click the + sign button available
near the bottom of the window. Now choose Finder in the application
field, write tags in Menu title and write a keyboard shortcut of your
choice. After filling the required field, click on Add and the task
is done. Now whenever you select the file or folder in the Finder,
just press the keyboard shortcut to perform the operation.
Therefore, above is the interesting
usage of tags explained, which literate us the smarter handling of
files and folders without any complications and difficulties.