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Finder Label or Tag Keyboard Shortcut

ive found out a solution to do something i always had a question about. here is a way to set a keyboard shortcut to label or tag an item in Finder.


open Automator and create a new Service.

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set your input to be files or folders in Finder.

drag in the action Label Finder Items and choose the color. Save the Service.

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open system preferences, go to keyboard, select keyboard shortcuts, and choose Services.

scroll down to find the labeling service you created and assign a key command to it.

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select some files and folders and start key commanding your labels and tags.

each color will need its own service from automator.

Posted on Jan 17, 2014 3:10 PM

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Feb 28, 2016 4:17 AM in response to snofamthrlsgoat

Great job! It works. Just a little comment in this method. For each color labeling, you need to specify it in the automator. The original post didn't show a picture of how to specify a color.

As shown below, when making the labeling automator, you need to specify a color.

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When using a customized shortcut (as suggested by the original author) to label a file, a "service" logo is shown at the top toolbar of Mac (as shown below).

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Once the automator finishes the labeling process, the result is shown below:

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I wish this will be helpful.

Finder Label or Tag Keyboard Shortcut

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