Ennyd walkthrough
Back up your tags to a file and restore them
In Manage Tags, use Backup to export your tags to a file you choose, then restore that file to bring back a deleted tag.
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Transcript: what happens in this video
- Duck and Cover is already tagged Oddities. With nothing selected, Manage Tags… in the Inspector opens Manage Tags, which lists Oddities.
- From the Backup menu, Export Tags Backup… opens the macOS Save panel. Go to Folder chooses the Machines and Myths folder, and Save writes Ennyd Tags.json there.
- Oddities is selected and deleted, which removes it from every file and Moment.
- From the Backup menu, Restore Tags Backup… explains that restoring replaces this Mac’s tags with the backup and offers Back Up First…. Choose Backup… opens the macOS Open panel, and Ennyd Tags.json is opened.
- Oddities returns in Manage Tags and in the folder’s tags. After a refresh, the Documents filter shows Ennyd Tags.json in the folder.
What this video shows
- Open Manage Tags from the Inspector.
- From the Backup menu, choose Export Tags Backup… and save the file.
- Delete a tag.
- From the Backup menu, choose Restore Tags Backup…, then Choose Backup… and open the file.
- The deleted tag returns on its files.
Result
After Oddities is deleted, restoring Ennyd Tags.json brings it back on Duck and Cover, and the backup file appears in the folder.