Q: Finder color tags not working

I have a similar problem, it seems some files do show up and others don't I can't figure it out

I have the same problem. Tags only work on an external hard drive for Mac does not work (((

I have same problem. As of right now Tags are entirely useless to me. I can tag somethign fine - but it does not good as a search for that tag brings up nothing - clicking on the tag in the sidebar does nothing as well.

Additionally I am not a fan of the entire "small dot" tagging system. With labels i was able to see my entire list of projects at a glance and see the 'HOT" ones I needed to work on today (label red). Now its a tiny little dot way off to teh right side that doesnt even show up unless my window is opened up horizontally enough.

I think I may have found out why its not working - Please see if this is whats going on with you.

All of my work (clients, projects, etc) are off of our server. Any tags applied to projects on the server do NOT work.

However, I made a test folder on my desktop, put various files in there and tagged them. Now the tagging search feature DOES work.

So... for anyone in a business where you work off of a server (like pretty much ALL businesses), looks like tagging doesnt work unless there is some button to turn on server access for it I dont know about.

It doesn't work anyway!

I tried with my files on dropbox, that are anyway stored in my Mac, and also with a folder on the desktop.

I got all set up with only one method))) Erase the SSD and place everything from scratch. Then it will work fine. I do not know who they are working tags updated through the App Store?

here's the thing:

make sure you have spotlight enable!

hten it will work!

Same problem with me. No tagged file does show up in the finder sidebar. Strange.

I solved it.

I had disable spotlight.

Turn it on and it will work.

You may need some minute to make it work.

Yes, that's right. It worked. Thank you.

So how do you "disable" spotlight?

I went to System Preferences > Spotlight, and I didnt really see a way of disabling the entire thing. I did, however uncheck all the checkboxes that were checked. Then I closed System Preferences, then went back and checked them back again.

Is this the process to "disable" then "turn it on?"

It didnt work for me if it is:(

you ha to enable spotlight! If tags don't work you may have disabled it!

Just google it, you'll find tons of guides in english with images!

If you don't, ask again I'll help you.

Spotlight is enabled. I can use Spotlight fine. I cant use tags however.

Well, to be clear, I CAN assign a file or folder a tag. It just has absolutely no use for me since I cant search for it by its tag. Im pretty sure the problem is that all my files are on a server here in the office - not residing on my local Mac. I tested this theory by creating some random folders and files on my desktop and tagging them, and whatdya know - the tags worked for these files.

This leads me to believe that searching tagged items only works if the items are residing on your local machine.

If this is the case then tags are useless to anyone in an office setting. If you are an office of any size at all your files are probably stored on a server. What's worse is that since tags REPLACED labels, now none of my nicely color coded "labeled" jobs are the way they were before. Instead I get a tiny colored dot off to the side. This decreases ease-of-use and functionality.

I hope Im wrong and I just need to flip a switch somewhere to make this work - but if Im right and I cant use tags for all my projects, client lists, etc that I work on that reside on our server (99.9% of my stuff) - Then me (and everyone else who works off a server) just got hosed.

The same here, tags do not work on networked files... That is not what Apple said during their keynote.