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

I would love to have both.

Or if the tiny tags could be placed in front of folders and documents... it would improve the visibility :-)

I agree completely.  I am an audio engineer with 55 hard drives in my safe full of projects from the last 10 years. 

I'm 62 years old.  I knew that at some point in my long career my eyes would begin to work less efficiently.  Thus I meticulously color coded every file folder for every project so I could easily SEE which incarnation of the project was the most current, which was the backup, which was an older version, which one was the version signed off by the client and which was strictly archive.

Mavericks DESTROYED years of work and frankly I have never forgiven Apple for their lack of response to this very real issue. 

At this point I am old enough to begin a class action suit against Apple for their complete disregard for someone my age.  I have purchased 20 of their computers over the years, I'm a highly educated user and Apple has turned their back on me and every other user who color coded their files.

I used to be a complete champion for Apple.  Now, I purchase their product only because I am locked into their operating system due to my software.

I have posted in this forum many times regarding this issue.  Somewhere there is some young jerk who reads through these posts and refuses to act.  Apple - you have lost my loyalty and my respect.

I despise that Apple could care less about senior citizens.   We built your company though our steadfast loyalty.  You left us behind, and left us unsupported. 

There is a very - laughably - simple solution for you, Use Pathfinder as a Finder alternative. It's has many - many, many - more options for managing your files, and viewing them than the Finder ever had. Problem solved.

http://www.cocoatech.com/pathfinder/

So, no "years or work destroyed" (hysterical much?).

And no, there is absolutely no reason to assume that anyone from Apple (young or old) (jerk or otherwise) is reading your posts. That's all explained in the terms of use you agreed to when you signed up. You did read them, right? Your assumptions about Apple's attitude to Seniors are as unfounded as the rest of your hysteria. If you do find a lawyer willing to take your "class action suit" I can only assure you that you will have found a lawyer who is not to be trusted. Good luck with that.

EXCELLENT post, HGMLLC!  Thank you!!!  I agree 100% with every word you wrote.  Apple's reckless quest to expand to too many devices has left its foundation in a shambles.  From what I'm hearing, none of the new gadgets is worth much either.  What a shame such a fine company has deteriorated so rapidly.

I'm like you.  I used to champion Apple but I can't anymore.  Whenever the merits of Apple v. PC is raised in conversation these days, I just find something else to do.  So sad.

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Well thanks for letting us know that you're basing all of that on hearsay. Allows us enough information to evaluate your opinion.

Yes - I would say get a PC over a Mac any day. Then you can get all the viruses you want! PCs - we've got a virus for that!

Cheers,

GB

This discussion may have gone awry, but I still prefer the old style color labels, and quite understand the frustration of someone who depends on labels which are readily visible, and therefore useful. To get those back in 10.9, I had to install XtraFinder, a hack I would have preferred not to have needed to install. I always wonder if the trendy UX designers at Apple (and elsewhere) try out their own designs to see if they make any sense. I quite doubt it-- they are probably just too infatuated with themselves to even begin to care.

There are several apps that have been mentioned in this post that provide the service the people are looking for. One always has the option of reinstalling Mountain Lion.

I get the issue. But this has been this way now since Mavericks, which was released in 2013, and we are now on El Cap. Not sure why people are still surprised after three years and acting like this is a new transgression.

And the post I was responding to was really only commenting on the total degradation of Apple products and apparently indicating that a PC was now a far superior piece of equipment. My response was really to that post specifically, not to the topic of the thread.

With 113 pages of information, seems like people can find a workable solution, send feedback to Apple, and if it is just too much for them, go back to an earlier OS X. It's just getting really, really old....

Just sayin'

Cheers,

GB

Reverting to an earlier unsupported OS, not a great option for security--only reason I'm even running 10.9. I had been ignoring new replies in this topic for a long time, until a few recent posters got slammed for expressing frustration. That frustration was expressed in quite over-the top terms: bringing a class action lawsuit for this issue is far-fetched, and just silly, to say the least. But I came back in because I can understand and sympathize with the underlying frustration that resulted in so much anger. However, I do think Apple has, in one way or another (especially with half-baked yearly OS releases, and then shortening the overall time for supporting older OSs--which wasn't all that great even before the yearlies started), been abandoning its long term user base.

Besides the issue of tags, what Apple did to the Dock in 10.9 is an atrocity (overall light background, making icons very difficult to distinguish)--and yet another hack required to restore the dark background for the Dock. More stupid UI change just for the sake of change.

Also, besides not being willing to accept more stupid UI changes, some people don't want to upgrade beyond 10.9, because it may mean the expense of purchasing expensive upgrades for incompatible software.

I don't run any PCs, but I understand that, by taking the proper precautions, and running a good A-V (Malwarebytes for Windows is supposed to be quite good), virus infections and other kinds of malware are not inevitable.

"bringing a class action lawsuit for this issue is far-fetched"

True.  However, ***** slapping and tar and feathering seems appropriate for Apple's stupidity.

It might be different if there was no way they could continue with the color coding.  But this was a conscious choice by Apple to eliminate it when they could have left it intact, and/or added more functionality to it.  And even worse they seem unresponsive to the complaints of their customers.  They could easily bring the color coding back.

They could easily bring the color coding back.

Thinking that Apple is going to release a new point update for a three year old OS is pure fantasy. If it were going to happen, it would have happened when 10.9 was still the current OS. Now I have to say that it's way past time to forget about it and move on. While it is unfortunate that a hack is required, there are hacks available to fix this,

Apple needs to be constantly reminded that their customer's dissatisfaction has not subsided.

Apple needs to be constantly reminded that their customer's dissatisfaction has not subsided.

My final thought on this. ASC is user to user only. Apple isn't paying any attention to this discussion.