Tags: why do they sometimes disappear in the Finder?

I really like using Tags for my files in the Finder, and I have a pretty good system.

But why, oh why do the tags sometimes disappear? I can't figure out what makes it happen sometimes, and sometimes not. Help me!

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MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.5

Posted on Aug 2, 2022 7:33 AM

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Posted on Aug 2, 2022 8:21 AM

Finder tags will disappear when you move them to a cloud service or remote filesystem that strips the Apple extended attributes from the documents. I have never had a tag disappear while it was on an Apple filesystem or iCloud Drive.

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Aug 2, 2022 8:21 AM in response to jswilli3

Finder tags will disappear when you move them to a cloud service or remote filesystem that strips the Apple extended attributes from the documents. I have never had a tag disappear while it was on an Apple filesystem or iCloud Drive.

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