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Q: I hate the new tags in Mavericks, need coloured folders!!

Is there a way to return the colour folders when using the new tags like the old behavior of labels? These new circle thingees are too small and barely noticable.

OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Oct 23, 2013 6:45 PM

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Q: I hate the new tags in Mavericks, need coloured folders!!

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  • by petermac87,

    petermac87 petermac87 Oct 29, 2013 3:02 PM in response to Tracy E
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    Oct 29, 2013 3:02 PM in response to Tracy E

    If it is that traumatising, then just reinstall the System backup you made withTime Machine or Bootable Clone from before you installed Mavericks.

     

    Cheers

     

    Pete

  • by Pontotoc Peg,

    Pontotoc Peg Pontotoc Peg Oct 29, 2013 3:04 PM in response to Tracy E
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    Oct 29, 2013 3:04 PM in response to Tracy E

    Great description of the loss.  Last week, when I upgraded to Mavericks, I posted that "I miss my color labels. Please bring them back."  Then Apple sent me a message that my post was not appropriate and Apple took to down.  I was stunned at their insensitivity.  I've sent Apple several official feedbacks asking for the color labels to be restored.  But your analogy to your personal collection and painstaking efforts being destroyed is the best.  Thank you.

  • by petermac87,

    petermac87 petermac87 Oct 29, 2013 3:05 PM in response to Pontotoc Peg
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    Oct 29, 2013 3:05 PM in response to Pontotoc Peg

    Pontotoc Peg wrote:

     

    Last week, when I upgraded to Mavericks, I posted that "I miss my color labels. Please bring them back."  Then Apple sent me a message that my post was not appropriate and Apple took to down.  I was stunned at their insensitivity. 

    How did you contact Apple and how did they contact you back?

     

    Pete

  • by Pontotoc Peg,

    Pontotoc Peg Pontotoc Peg Oct 29, 2013 3:06 PM in response to petermac87
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    Oct 29, 2013 3:06 PM in response to petermac87

    My experience has been that to stand still with old OS doesn't work the best.  Apple is capable of having both systems-tags and labels.  Thanks.

  • by Pontotoc Peg,

    Pontotoc Peg Pontotoc Peg Oct 29, 2013 3:07 PM in response to petermac87
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    Oct 29, 2013 3:07 PM in response to petermac87

    I should have the link, Pete.  But if you scan these posts, some efficient people have posted the link.  I'll try and find it, too.

  • by hotwheels 22,

    hotwheels 22 hotwheels 22 Oct 29, 2013 3:08 PM in response to Tracy E
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    Oct 29, 2013 3:08 PM in response to Tracy E

    hi tracy. yeah, my whole desktop on my mac pro is organized "geographically" on the desktop by theme and then organized by /importance/ or type of activity simply based upon the coloring of the file or folder in that "geographic theme" or basically that area of the desktop. then this cascades down through folders in the Documents folder - and elsewhere. for instance if i need to know where a particularly corruptible file is then i will highlight the file in the library in the mail folder and hightlight on up through the heirarchy so i can follow this "birdseed trail" to get myself accustomed to knowing where this file is on my hard drive in a way that an alias cannot.

     

    there is a huge amount of visual data there that i would be simply lost without. if i am not mistaken this has been a feature of mac since the stone ages.

     

    anyway, i am very fortunate (i guess) in that my beloved mac pro is so old that i cannot upgrade beyond lion or it would be a sad day indeed.

     

    having the laptop on Maverick with the loss of this feature is rather aggravating but i am thanking my lucky starts i did not lose this mission critical set of organizational tools on the desktop.

     

    in short i am feeling for you...

  • by Pontotoc Peg,

    Pontotoc Peg Pontotoc Peg Oct 29, 2013 3:09 PM in response to petermac87
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    Oct 29, 2013 3:09 PM in response to petermac87

    Remember to post a quick report to apple, http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html

     

    Here is the link.

  • by Tracy E,

    Tracy E Tracy E Oct 29, 2013 3:10 PM in response to petermac87
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    Oct 29, 2013 3:10 PM in response to petermac87

    If it is that traumatising, then just reinstall the System backup you made withTime Machine or Bootable Clone from before you installed Mavericks.

    Pontotoc Peg puts it well. Standing still with an old OS is not advisable.

  • by petermac87,

    petermac87 petermac87 Oct 29, 2013 3:10 PM in response to Pontotoc Peg
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    Oct 29, 2013 3:10 PM in response to Pontotoc Peg

    Pontotoc Peg wrote:

     

    Apple is capable of having both systems-tags and labels.  Thanks.

    And you know this how? You are familiar with the Mavericks complex coding?

     

    Pete

  • by Pontotoc Peg,

    Pontotoc Peg Pontotoc Peg Oct 29, 2013 3:11 PM in response to Wizard_Magic_Spell
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    Oct 29, 2013 3:11 PM in response to Wizard_Magic_Spell

    Totally agree with you.

  • by Tracy E,

    Tracy E Tracy E Oct 29, 2013 3:12 PM in response to petermac87
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    Oct 29, 2013 3:12 PM in response to petermac87

    petermac87 wrote:

     

    And you know this how? You are familiar with the Mavericks complex coding?

    Not meaning to be snarky Pete, I know this because the hilighted file name still appear in many file requesters. I will try and find an example and psot a pic.

  • by Pontotoc Peg,

    Pontotoc Peg Pontotoc Peg Oct 29, 2013 3:14 PM in response to petermac87
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    Oct 29, 2013 3:14 PM in response to petermac87

    No, I am not an IT whiz.  But I'm banking that Apple has some of these folks in their employ.  I don't think snide remarks are called for.  Others and I are merely expressing our opinions and hopes.  As a poster said: "it's human." 

  • by petermac87,

    petermac87 petermac87 Oct 29, 2013 3:16 PM in response to Tracy E
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    Oct 29, 2013 3:16 PM in response to Tracy E

    Tracy E wrote:

     

    If it is that traumatising, then just reinstall the System backup you made withTime Machine or Bootable Clone from before you installed Mavericks.

    Pontotoc Peg puts it well. Standing still with an old OS is not advisable.

    Why not? Snow Leopard (10.6.8) is still oe of the most popular OSXs for example. Mountain Lion is barely any different to Mavericks. You have updated within a week of release without waiting to read reports of changes, problems, benefits, etc. You say that you are actually depressed over the loss of a feature in Mavericks, yet in the same breath say that you have to update (within a week) because standing still is not advisable? Not advised by who?

     

    Cheers

     

    Pete

  • by Tracy E,

    Tracy E Tracy E Oct 29, 2013 3:25 PM in response to Tracy E
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    Oct 29, 2013 3:25 PM in response to Tracy E

    And you know this how? You are familiar with the Mavericks complex coding?

    Not meaning to be snarky Pete, I know this because the hilighted file name still appear in many file requesters. I will try and find an example and psot a pic.

    I found the example. This is the Quicktime 7 save dialogue running in Mavericks.

     

    colors2.jpg

  • by Tracy E,

    Tracy E Tracy E Oct 29, 2013 3:26 PM in response to petermac87
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    Oct 29, 2013 3:26 PM in response to petermac87

     

    Pontotoc Peg puts it well. Standing still with an old OS is not advisable.

    Why not? Snow Leopard (10.6.8) is still oe of the most popular OSXs for example. Mountain Lion is barely any different to Mavericks. You have updated within a week of release without waiting to read reports of changes, problems, benefits, etc. You say that you are actually depressed over the loss of a feature in Mavericks, yet in the same breath say that you have to update (within a week) because standing still is not advisable? Not advised by who?

    In my particular line of work, it is not advisable.

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