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Q: Finder tags: "All Tags..." disappeared from the Sidebar

After renaming and deleting some Finder tags, the catchall "All Tags..." item disappeared from the Sidebar in Finder. How do I get it back?

Posted on Oct 23, 2013 2:33 PM

by mariva,Solvedanswer
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Someone in the MacRumors Forums helped me figure out the issue with the missing “All Tags…” Sidebar item. What I'd thought was a bug is not a bug. After a little experimenting, I learned that Finder adds the "All Tags..." item to the Sidebar if the number of tags significantly exceeds the first screen length of the Finder window and the scroll bars appear. (Deleting the number of tags it takes to return the Finder window to a single screen without scroll bars -- plus a few more tag deletions -- seems to get rid of the "All Tags..." item again.) The full story of this discovery is at http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1659214

Posted on Oct 26, 2013 11:37 PM

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Q: Finder tags: "All Tags..." disappeared from the Sidebar

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  • by raulfrombangalore,

    raulfrombangalore raulfrombangalore Oct 26, 2013 8:56 AM in response to mariva
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    Oct 26, 2013 8:56 AM in response to mariva

    I'm having the same problem. After i customized a tag, the "All Tags" section disappeared. Wierd. Definitely need to be fixed

  • by mariva,Solvedanswer

    mariva mariva Oct 26, 2013 11:37 PM in response to raulfrombangalore
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    Oct 26, 2013 11:37 PM in response to raulfrombangalore

    Someone in the MacRumors Forums helped me figure out the issue with the missing “All Tags…” Sidebar item. What I'd thought was a bug is not a bug. After a little experimenting, I learned that Finder adds the "All Tags..." item to the Sidebar if the number of tags significantly exceeds the first screen length of the Finder window and the scroll bars appear. (Deleting the number of tags it takes to return the Finder window to a single screen without scroll bars -- plus a few more tag deletions -- seems to get rid of the "All Tags..." item again.) The full story of this discovery is at http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1659214

  • by Agent Vanilla,

    Agent Vanilla Agent Vanilla Mar 5, 2015 10:08 AM in response to mariva
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    Mar 5, 2015 10:08 AM in response to mariva

    A further wrinkle to this issue... if you check to display all your tags, the All Tags option isn't visible no matter how many tags you have.

     

    If you have a bunch of tags and still don't see the "All Tags" view, then go Command + Comma, then uncheck some of the tags. I unchecked the colors because I use color tags to color code custom tags.