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Windows has had file tagging since at least XP. Not a lot of people use them (probably because the UI for it is hard to discover), but I have used stuff like ro
by einr 7y ago
Windows has had file tagging since at least XP. Not a lot of people use them (probably because the UI for it is hard to discover), but I have used stuff like royalty-free photo libraries that have searchable tags.
Here's a reference: https://www.howtogeek.com/344543/how-to-tag-any-windows-file-for-easy-organization/ https://www.howtogeek.com/344543/how-to-tag-any-windows-file...
- kwhitefoot 7y agoThe problem is that it can only tag those files that provide data structures for tagging like IPTC and EXIF You can't tag the notes that you write about the holiday you had.
- kwhitefoot 7y agoThe problem is that it can only tag those files that provide data structures for tagging like IPTC and EXIF You can't tag the plain text notes that you write about the holiday you had or the bitmap that you created from one of the jpegs.
- pwinnski 7y agoI'm not familiar with Windows file tagging, but on MacOS this is not true. Any and all files may be tagged, regardless of their type or contents.
- kwhitefoot 7y agoWhat happens if you move or copy a file?
- pwinnski 7y agoMoving and duplicating both preserve the tags: they're metadata. They're part of the reason for those pesky .DS_Store files that proliferate on network shares and non-Mac filesystems, in fact.