Create labels for files and folders
Labels are colors that you can apply to any file or folder or application as a tool for organizing and searching.
1. | From the Finder menu, choose “Preferences….” Click the “Label” icon.
|
2. | Change the label names for any color label you want. You don't need to use them all. |
3. | To apply the labels, select a file, then go to the File menu and at the very bottom choose a “Color Label.” As you mouse over the color dot, a tool tip appears to tell you the label name.
Or Control-click (or right click) on a file of any sort. From the contextual menu that pops up, choose a color label. The “x” takes a label off.
To add ... |
Get Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger: Peachpit Learning Series now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.