# Tags and finder

**URL:** <https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/tags-and-finder/45986>\
**Category:** DEVONthink\
**Created:** [March 28, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/tags-and-finder/45986 "2019-03-28T14:49:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 29, 2019, 4:10pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/tags-and-finder/45986/5 "2019-03-29T16:10:51Z")

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Here’s a lengthy explanation about how tags work between DEVONthink and Finder under a few different circumstances:

> [@Syncing tags across DTP mailboxes and Mac OS X's Finder](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/syncing-tags-across-dtp-mailboxes-and-mac-os-xs-finder/23263/2):
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> The short answer is: kinda, and it won’t be perfect. Here’s the deal. DEVONthink and Finder understand each others’ tags, and tags are a property of a given file. What exactly this means depends a bit on some aspects of your workflow. Finder-\>DEVONthink If DocumentX is in Finder and you apply a Finder tag TagA, then TagA is a property of DocumentX. In Finder, if you click to see all the files with TagA, you’ll see DocumentX. Now, if you IMPORT that file into DEVONthink, that file and its ta…

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