Si bien Apple no lo ha dicho abiertamente, el marcado parece ser cada vez más importante en sus plataformas y probablemente lo ayudará a hacer las cosas.</p><h2><strong>Apple amplía el soporte de etiquetas</strong></h2><p>Apple pronto extenderá el soporte de etiquetas a Notes y Reminders en iPhone, Mac y iPad. Estos funcionan de la misma manera que las etiquetas al etiquetar documentos, imágenes y otros activos en su Mac, lo que hace que sea mucho más fácil encontrar colecciones relevantes de ese contenido y permitir búsquedas poderosas de registros inteligentes a lo largo del camino.
If you are used to using them, the tags provide:
- A structured way to share content in different folders;
- The ability to create smart folders for tagged content, making it easy to track even complex projects, but only on a Mac.
- Synchronize with iCloud Drive, which extends tagging to all your devices that are signed in with the same Apple ID.
However, there are some limitations, such as the inability to create a smart folder on iOS.
How the beacons work
Labels are color coded and can be named to help you track a project. If you sync items with your Apple ID and iCloud, you'll find the same tags proliferating across all your platforms, making it easier for you to keep track of current projects. You'll find a list of all your current tags available in the Files app on all your Apple devices and in the Finder on your Mac. Tap any of these items to find all items with that tag. What makes tags more useful is that you can assign multiple tags to an element. This is an advantage over traditional hierarchical file structures because you can share a file across multiple projects: an architectural plan can be made visible using client, contractor, and billing tags, for example.
Label assignment
Tagging is not as unified across all Apple platforms as I would like:
- On a Mac, you can assign a label when you save an item using the bar just below the Save As field.
- On a Mac, you can assign a label by selecting an item in the Finder and pressing Control and clicking a label in the context menu.
- On iPad and iPhone, you need to open the Files app, locate an item that you've already saved, press and hold that item until a menu appears, and then assign tags using the Tags item in this menu.
- On iPad and iPhone, you can also tag a document when it is open; just tap on the Share icon and scroll down to find Add Tags.
- While there are other ways to set labels, these are the simplest approaches.
While you can create Smart Folders that search for specific tags or tag sets on your Mac, you can't on iOS devices. Of course, you can find tagged items using the tag cloud in Finder or iCloud Drive. Here is more information on how to define and use tags.
Coming soon in notes and reminders
New to Notes & Reminders this fall will be the introduction of tag support in these apps. Apple made it easy to tag these, just type #NameOfTag and they will appear. The limitation is that these tags only appear in those apps, so a note won't be discoverable in a smart folder on your Mac, for example. However, I think tagged notes will become particularly popular.
Etiquette discipline
The problem with labels is discipline. When you're in a hurry, it's always tempting to ignore the tagging of a document or other item you're saving, and yet the benefits of doing so can be immense. You'll find files faster, reduce the number of duplicate items on your system(s), and track your work more easily across all your devices. Of course, to get these benefits, you need to maintain tag discipline:
- Keep tag names short.
- Use them consistently.
- Use the label colors: red for project files and green for personal files, for example.
- Pass a number of times to reflect on the façon of creating a balisage system: you can avoid balises for different projects, even if balises for different uses, telles that «Invoicing», «À verifier» or a number of clients or labor.
- Assign multiple tags for best results.
- Periodically review the labels you are using and remove or combine those you no longer use.
- Most importantly, never forget to tag an article.
Apple's introduction of tags in Reminders and Notes seems symbolic of a greater commitment to tagging, which makes me imagine that the effective use of tags will become more important as it iterates its platforms. Follow me on Twitter or join me on the AppleHolic bar & grill and Apple discussion groups on MeWe.
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