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NAS and SAN storage devices use their own methods to handle macOS Finder colour tags, depending on the file system, and the protocol used for client connections. Consequently, we cannot guarantee that specific functions related to colour tags, or colour tags in general, will work reliably when combined with a SAN/NAS system. Please contact your storage vendor for more information. |
If macOS Finder Tags are required for specific use cases or workflows, please make sure ensure that Spotlight indexing is enabled for the volume holding the video files on the machine running the Just Control application.
Spotlight indexing can be turned on with the following Apple Terminal command:
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mdutil -i on /path/to/volume |
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As soon as Spotlight indexing is enabled, you should be able to see macOS Finder Tags within the Just Control application.
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Multiple systems running Just Control
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When working with two ore or more systems running Just Control systems and when using a shared storage, the macOS Finder Tag integration might not work not correctly, as the metadata of files, where this specific Tag information is stored, are is not handled correctly. This can lead to unexpected behaviour, and therefore we recommend to use using only one system running Just Control systemControl, when a dedicated your workflow relies on the macOS Finder Tags.
macOS Finder Tag information (=metadata) can be checked and viewed with the following Apple Terminal Command command.
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kMDItemFSLabel = 6
kMDItemUserTags = (
Red
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When when a Red Colour Tag was used, for instance. This information has to be visible on all Just Control systems, otherwise, the given workflow does will not work as expected. Please be aware note that it is possible that within the Finder application, a Red Colour Tag is visible, but when checking the file with the “mdls” command, the dedicated metadata is missing. This normally happens when the given Tag was is set on a remote system.
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Please contact us, if you need more information and want additional information or would like to discuss other workflow solutions. |
macOS System language setting and Finder Tags
In case If another language then than US English is used as the System language, the name of the macOS Finder Tags has to be changed to English like , as described below:
Make sure the macOS Finder is active
Open the Finder Preferences“Preferences” or “Settings”
Click on the “Tags-Tab” tab
Make Perform a right mouse click on every listed Tag defined here and change the names like as shown in the screenshot below:
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