How to get label colors back on Maverick?

sissy3463 wrote:

And just where is this little colored dot in list view? I can't find it all... ... I just want to see the tagged files in one folder. This totally *****.

Take a deep breath, relax....

In list view, right click the header, select Tags:

Then click the Tags header to sort.

Are you only looking for a way to color the Folder icon?

If so, see Eric's suggestions: Re: How to get label colors back on Maverick?

That would be nice too but no. I right clicked the tag and clicked delete. Colour gone. It now does not offer green in the tag area.

ok, go to Finder->Preferences->Tags

Drag Green to Favorites:

You can remove by dragging out of Favorites

If this is the area that you deleted the Tag by right-clicking, then

Create a new Tag:

Right Click the Folder, and select Tags...

Then Add back Green, and go back to Finder->Preferences->Tags, click the O and select the color Green

I thoroughly agree withe Tracy E. The colored lines were a great visual aid in allowing me to navigate through multiple folder hierarchies very efficiently. The colored dots do not provide that level of usability.

awesome 🙂 everyone should send feedback.

ALSO, I just contacted BinaryAge support (makers of TotalFinder) and was told that they are considering adding the option to restore labels too, though they have some more pressing stuff to fix for Mavericks first. It would be a nice option since TotalFinder is $18 rather than PathFinder's $40, and you also get the option to restore the colorful sidebar icons.. which is a plus for me. Seems like Apple is on a mission to make everything the same shade of light grey/blue.

This is What ended up working for me to solve the problem.

macjack My Swamp

Re: Is it possible to add new tags after i accidentally deleted some?

Oct 25, 2013 6:30 PM ( in response to iDonev)

Go to your Finder "Go" menu hold the option key and choose Library. Then go to Preferences folder and trash these files:

com.apple.finder.plist

com.apple.sidebarlists.plist

Then, restart, or log out and in again.

(You will have to reset a few finder prefs the way you like them.)

I'm with this.

I have trouble working with these new tag dots, and having some colour preception problems, too, would really want to see the colour labels in Finder again without any third party apps.

It is incredibly cumbersome to find things now, compared to the obvious coloured lines that were in Finder before. I myself cannot distinguish between some differently coloured dots. The volume is just too small.

I have sent feedback to Apple.

None of the colored folder apps are really what I want. Like the rest of you, I just want the colored labels back. I followed cdnuser's tip above of trashing the plists but that didn't work either. Come on, developers, there's work for you here!

I think dcnuser's advice was for people who may have inadvertently trashed a tag. It wasn't a solution for the highlighting problem.

Have also just submitted feedback to Apple. I find their current 'minimalist' approach to user interaction to be infuriating. It's not just the tags - the new version of Pages is horrible for the power user due to a scale back of functionality in favour of their minamilist concept of UI design. Shelling out $40 on software just so that a visual cue is placed back into the OS is letting Apple off lightly.

Right - I didn't realize that, thanks! I agree with you regarding Apple. They seem, for obvious reasons, to be concentrating on mobile devices and all the song and dance about Mavericks was really to enable better interactivity between the Mac and mobiles. Fine, but don't do away with a perfectly good app. I'll write as well - if enough of us do, it might do some good.

DrTrishy wrote:

I think dcnuser's advice was for people who may have inadvertently trashed a tag. It wasn't a solution for the highlighting problem.

Obviously, but by all means, hijack the thread to complain about the removal of labels.

If you need Label, go back to ML, or buy Pathfinder. No amount of complaining of the user forum will make your wish come true