Q: Why can't I tag Apple applications in Mavericks?
I'm trying to tag my software to make it easier to find, but tags for Apple applications are greyed out. For example, I can tag Picasa with "Photo Editing", but I can't tag Aperture. I can tag Chrome with "Browser", but I can't tag Safari. Why restrict this?
MacBook Pro (15-inch 2.4/2.2 GHz), OS X Mavericks (10.9)
Posted on Oct 28, 2013 10:04 PM
You can, but you'll have to change the permissions on the application. You apparently need write permission to the application to add a tag. For applications installed by the system only the "system" user has write permissions to the application.
You can grant write permissions by right clicking and selecting "Get Info" then left clicking the lock at the bottom and entering your administrative password. You can then add write permissions to the desired user in the Sharing & Permissons block. Once you've added the tag, to be safe, you can remove the write permissions.
Note: Personally I add administrators with read-write permissions.
Posted on Nov 4, 2013 9:29 AM