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tszymanski Author

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Tagging gone havoc

On my new Mac, I started tagging files and folders to have quick access. When accessing those tags in Finder, however, some folders/files appear twice and they are not always duplicates, i.e. one tagged folder might have 10 items and the same tagged folder that appears has only 9. That lets me to believe that Finder shows me the tagged local files/folders AND the same files/folders that are on my external drives (Time Machine and Carbon Copy Cloner). How can I set it up that only the files/folders on my local drive are tagged?

iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on Feb 5, 2020 11:49 AM

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VikingOSX

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Posted on Feb 5, 2020 12:18 PM

It will recursively show you tagged files in your user account, elsewhere on your local drive, and iCloud Drive. It does not show tagged files on my Time Machine drive.

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