Is there a way to organize the names of tags in Finder? I use tags a lot, and find them super helpful. However, it is hard to find the tags I want, because they are in a random order in the list. I'd like to sort them alphabetically, or by category. Help?
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 11.5
You can sort alphabetically by clicking on the 'All Tags' selection in the Tags section in Finder.
This reveals a new column of all your tags by name, and organised alphabetically. Within each of these groupings you can then order the files using the usual four options for Finder: Icons, Columns, List or Gallery.
For further information on using Tags see also the support documents
Organise your files in the Finder on Mac
Use tags to organise files on Mac
You cannot sort the list of tags by name in the Finder Preferences > Tags panel, nor in the Finder sidebar presentation of those tag names. This makes working with large quanta of custom tag names more challenging. If you just want a list of all tag names sorted without their color identification, I can provide the means to do that programmatically.
[Update] The file that has been useful in the past for obtaining a list of all tag names defined in the Finder Preferences is no longer used on macOS Monterey, and there does not appear to be any means now to obtain that list. All of the AppleScripts that I have written in the past to do this are now nonfunctional for this missing file reason.
Tags - Alphabetizing Names of Tags
