> Better searches for folder tags
I have many folders tagged, but when I try to search for those tags with Spotlight, it can’t seem to find any. How can I use my tags properly?
Spotlight often doesn’t prove very good at finding certain items, such as tagged folders, even after you’ve forced it to rebuild its indexes by adding the volume to the Privacy list in the Spotlight pane, then removing it again. You can run a small suite of tests to confirm that Spotlight is working as intended using the free utility Mints from bit.ly/ml187mints, although that doesn’t test tags specifically, but text content.
If that gives your Mac a clean bill of health, then try HoudahSpot from houdah. com/houdahSpot/. This is a great improvement on Spotlight, which is far better at tasks, such as locating Finder tags. You can also use it to build reusable standard searches, which should prove ideal for your tagging system.