Comments on: Using Metadata Effectively in OS X

By: nortexoid

nortexoid — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 04:44:40 +0000

I’ll always prefer a folder-hierarchical/cloud-based scheme (e.g. citeulike) for organizing my data because it isn’t tied to any one OS/software-specific method of retrieving data based on that scheme. I’ve moved from Windows to Gnome (on linux) to KDE and now OS X. I don’t doubt that one day I’ll change yet again. If I had gone with e.g. nepomuk on KDE then I would’ve lost all my metadata during the move to OS X (without running nepomuk on OS X).

By: Wondering how you can tag metadata on Mac OS X? « Chicago Mac/PC Support

Wondering how you can tag metadata on Mac OS X? « Chicago Mac/PC Support — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:19:12 +0000

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Tips on using metadata effectively in OS X | 4x PDF Blog — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:34:42 +0000

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By: RustyRookie

RustyRookie — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:20:23 +0000

I’ve been wanting to add tags or even a more complete file description to many items for years, but, it’s been my understanding that there are some types of system maintenance that wipe spotlight comments. (repair permissions? disc repair?) The precise command escapes me at the moment. Is there any way to make sure spotlight comments are preserved even through disc repair/maintenance?

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Tips on using metadata effectively in OS X — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:25:08 +0000

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By: Where’s the Easy Access to Tagging in OS X? | The Apple Blog

Where’s the Easy Access to Tagging in OS X? | The Apple Blog — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:00:20 +0000

[...] tag bookmarks, photos, applications, blog posts, and on and on and on. I’ve written at length about streamlined ways to tag files within OS X, and lauded the fantastic Default Folder X from St [...]

By: b3n.org - Taxonomy at home

b3n.org - Taxonomy at home — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:38:38 +0000

[...] filesystem tagging is supposed to solve this problem (TheAppleBlog01). Instead of placing the files in folders, the practice of metadata realizes that we aren’t [...]

By: the inn at the worlds’ end » Blog Archive » tag! you’re it.

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:16:15 +0000

[...] and switch to tagging as my primary means of organizing my data. My inspiration came after reading this article over on the Apple Blog and this article from the always informative [...]

By: Old Shatterhand

Old Shatterhand — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:57:32 +0000

Tags don’t really need a prefix. But if you use Spotlight to look for e.g. ‘&mail’, it won’t return all the instances with ‘mail’ in it.

By: DLoranz

DLoranz — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:44:34 +0000

I was wondering why tags needed an identifying prefix? – Thanks