My New Mac, Lion Edition

Searching Files and Folders by Color

After you’ve labeled one or more files or folders with a color, you can browse through the Finder window and quickly see all files or folders of specific colors. To make finding color labeled files and folders even faster, you can sort all files and folders by color.

Here’s how to sort files or folders by color:

1. Click the Finder icon on the Dock. The Finder window appears.

2. Open the folder that you want to sort by color.

3. Select View ▸ Arrange By ▸ Label. The Finder window displays all your color labeled files and folders at the top of the window as shown in Figure 10-8.

   

   Figure 10-8. Color coding can group related files ...