Using Tag Folders with Path Finder

[Peter McClelland]

I find Tag Foders very useful for tagging but there is a minor
difficulty happening with Path Finder and tag folders searches that
are showing up in the right sidebar under SEARCH FOR. Where Finder
gets SEARCH FOR info from coreservices, Path Finder seems to get
SEARCH FOR info from coreservices and User/Library/Smart Searches. Tag
Folders is storing tag searches in User/Library/Smart Searches.

Deleting Tag Folders' searches from the Smart Searches folder
momentarily removes the searches from Path Finder's SEARCH FOR but
when you start tagging the Tag Folders' searches show up in Path
Finder again.

Since I don't use Tag Folders' searches that often, I'd like to know
if I can stop Tag Folders from creating searches in the Smart Search
folder.

Peter

[Jon Stovell]

Hi Peter,

Right now that is not something the average user can configure via the settings, but if you are willing to get your hands just a little bit dirty, it is not very hard.

First, download the latest beta version from http://groups.google.com/group/tag-folders/files, and then open the disk image. Drag the installer app to your desktop. You may eject the disk image now if you wish.

Next, launch AppleScript Editor (if using Snow Leopard), or Script Editor (on Leopard and below).

Right click on the installer on your desktop. and select Show Package Contents from the contextual menu (or whatever the equivalent in Path Finder is). Then within that find Contents/Resources/Tag Folders.app and drag it onto AppleScript Editor's icon in the dock.

Once the script is open, scroll down until you find a line that says

on manageLinks(thefiletofind)

Below that you will see a block of code that ends with the line

end manageLinks

Select all the text in between those two lines (do not include the two lines themselves). Then right click on the text to bring up the contextual menu, and select Comment Tags. This will add a (* at the beginning and a *) at the end of your selection. Save the changes and quit AppleScript Editor.

Close the window showing you the contents of the installer app package. Now run the installer. It will update all your existing Tag Folders with the modified script. Ta-da! Your Tag Folders will no longer create Smart Folders in ~/Library/Saved Searches.

Jon