Tag files with keyboard on Mac OS

1. Select file with arrow keys
2. Click command-I
3. Click Tab twice
4. Type the Tag

Tagging is how magic happens on my laptop. I have the Hazel app watching my Downloads and other folders, like a hawk. When I tag a file with a context (e.g. work), Hazel moves it to a Work folder. That folder also has a bunch of rules that automatically organize the file where it needs to go.

So if I tag a file in Downloads with the "work" tag plus a client tag, Hazel moves the file to the work folder, then moves it to the correct client folder in a folder with the date as a name.

I had a keyboard shortcut set up to make the tagging so easy. I would select the files, hit my keyboard shortcut, tag the files, and Hazel kicks in. It is truly magical when you tag a bunch of files and folders in Downloads and they start flying around to the spots they need to be in.

That keyboard shortcut stopped working in Tahoe though. I have tried everything to get that shortcut working, but no dice. Nothing fixed the issue. When I relaunch Finder, the shortcut works for a bit and then just quits working. Even tagging in the Finder preview window isn't working 100% for me.

Then I remembered you can click Command-I and tag a file there too. Those tags are working 100% like before the Tahoe update. Then I started noticing that it is actually just as fast tagging this way as my old shortcut was. I hit Command-I, tab, and type the tag.

Why was I so hung up on getting my shortcut working for so long? This route is the same level smooth for me. Files get tagged without touching the trackpad. It also reminds me to quit being so hardheaded trying to use this laptop. 

Every morning I respect my brain/mind by making an Americano, putting on a jazz record, and writing 200 words of free writing. It is a really nice way to fade into a day instead of reading some dire news or sitting down and laboring right away on tasks.

So morning is pleasant. But evening not so much. I really need to get a night version of that happening. Some sort of fade out to match the morning fade in.

Reading seems like a good evening bookend for morning writing. Music writing also seems like a good thing to schedule. Like making the equivalent of 200 words in sound somehow.

Don't know yet but this is a thing that is brewing. It took a bit to become muscle memory but the 200-word morning writing took for me. Seems reproducible at other times of the day for sure.