Mavericks seems to have replaced the color labels with "tags". The problem with the tags is that it's hard to see what color tag the file is. Is there a way to color label/highlight the whole filename like before?
Mavericks seems to have replaced the color labels with "tags". The problem with the tags is that it's hard to see what color tag the file is. Is there a way to color label/highlight the whole filename like before?
I having the exact same issue! I don't care about lables, but I want my tags back. I did heavily rely on fully colored folders to find things quickly and indicate whats done etc. Having a small dot beside the file is not helping. It's not noticeable enough...
The problem here is that the little coloured dot is very hard to see at a glance, unlike the big coloured highlight that labels used to have.
I much prefer the flexibility of tags to labels, but I would imagine that it's very difficult for near-colorblind people to discern the tiny circles. I'm not colorblind myself, and I had trouble with discerning orange from purple! (Especially when the tiny circles are stacked on top of each other when a file is associated with multiple tags.)
Tags, labels, whatever. The problem here is that the little coloured dot is very hard to see at a glance, unlike the big coloured highlight that labels used to have. Tags are very cool and very useful, but when dealing with large numbers of files or folders in a big list, I need to be able to see the colours more clearly.
Is there some third-party label app?
It's a matter of adjusting your thinking. Tags give you so much more flexibility and freedom. In your case, you might create a tags called "Complete", "In Progress", and maybe a tag for your work project. Then you could set up a Smart Folder that filters by those tags, so you could quickly see what files are in what state of completion. Really, it can handle whatever kind of organizational system you can think of.
I know Labels have been our friends on the Mac for a long time, but I think it's time to leave that System 7 feature behind...
Forgive my directness but that is one of the dumbest things I have read on any forum... EVER!
Whether on MR or CNET or other sites, lots of people used to full-line labels are having MORE DIFFICULTY DOING THEIR WORK NOW!!!
The reason why I use a Mac is because I am visually oriented and visual clues make it easier. I am not a database manager. I do not want to relabel, sorry, retag all my folders and files. I have existing folders that had files with 3 types of labels and I could find the files easily based on the color of the whole line.
If those labels made it easier for visual people like us, why would Apple want to take that away from us? Us visual people are those who bought Macs over windows during the lean years of the mid to late 90s. We kept Apple alive. Now Apple is slapping us down and telling us that there is more utility by typing things out. If you call "progress" forcing people to adjust to something that takes longer to learn and is less useful for them personally, then call me regressive if you want, but your vision of progress is leading down the road to DOS.
Is this Cupertino 2013 or is this Redmond 1984?!
Forgive my directness but that is one of the dumbest things I have read on any forum... EVER!
Whether on MR or CNET or other sites, lots of people used to full-line labels are having MORE DIFFICULTY DOING THEIR WORK NOW!!!
The reason why I use a Mac is because I am visually oriented and visual clues make it easier. I am not a database manager. I do not want to relabel, sorry, retag all my folders and files. I have existing folders that had files with 3 types of labels and I could find the files easily based on the color of the whole line.
If those labels made it easier for visual people like us, why would Apple want to take that away from us? Us visual people are those who bought Macs over windows during the lean years of the mid to late 90s. We kept Apple alive. Now Apple is slapping us down and telling us that there is more utility by typing things out. If you call "progress" forcing people to adjust to something that takes longer to learn and is less useful for them personally, then call me regressive if you want, but your vision of progress is leading down the road to DOS.
Is this Cupertino 2013 or is this Redmond 1984?!
Forgive my directness but that is one of the dumbest things I have read on any forum... EVER!
Whether on MR or CNET or other sites, lots of people used to full-line labels are having MORE DIFFICULTY DOING THEIR WORK NOW!!!
The reason why I use a Mac is because I am visually oriented and visual clues make it easier. I am not a database manager. I do not want to relabel, sorry, retag all my folders and files. I have existing folders that had files with 3 types of labels and I could find the files easily based on the color of the whole line.
If those labels made it easier for visual people like us, why would Apple want to take that away from us? Us visual people are those who bought Macs over windows during the lean years of the mid to late 90s. We kept Apple alive. Now Apple is slapping us down and telling us that there is more utility by typing things out. If you call "progress" forcing people to adjust to something that takes longer to learn and is less useful for them personally, then call me regressive if you want, but your vision of progress is leading down the road to DOS.
Is this Cupertino 2013 or is this Redmond 1984?!
Pathfinder seems the way to go. Recent Twitter chat shows that the label issue is a big one for some users. Like us!
They could have just done it with a multi-coloured stack, i.e - you set the red tag and you get a red file-name, set the green tag and you can see the previous red background just underneath.I dont think so. the reason its a dot next to the name instead of coloring the entire name is because you can tag the same file multiple times with different colors. so by having dots next to the name you can see all of the tags that file has. if they just colored the name like before there would be no way to indicate multiple tags for the same document.
As I said before
XtraFinder
It's free and it supports labels as well as a bunch of other stuff