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==Relation to tags== The Mac operating system has allowed users to assign multiple arbitrary tags as [[extended file attributes]] to any item ever since OS X 10.9 was released in 2013.<ref name=Siracusa2013a>{{cite web |last=Siracusa |first=John |date=22 October 2013 |title=OS X 10.9 Mavericks: The Ars Technica Review: Tags |url=https://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/10/os-x-10-9/8/ |website=arstechnica.com |publisher=[[Ars Technica]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109052357/http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/10/os-x-10-9/8/ |archive-date=9 January 2017}}</ref> These tags coexist with the legacy label system for backward compatibility, so that multiple colored (or colorless) tags can be added to a single item, but only the last colored tag applied to an item will set the legacy label that will be seen when viewing the item in the older operating systems.<ref name=Siracusa2013b>{{cite web |last=Siracusa |first=John |date=22 October 2013 |title=OS X 10.9 Mavericks: The Ars Technica Review: Tags implementation |url=https://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/10/os-x-10-9/9/ |website=arstechnica.com |publisher=[[Ars Technica]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106231211/http://arstechnica.com/apple/2013/10/os-x-10-9/9/ |archive-date=6 January 2017}}</ref> Labeled items that were created in the older operating systems will superficially seem to be tagged in OS X 10.9 and later even though they are only labeled and lack the newer tag extended file attributes (until they are edited in the new system).<ref name=Siracusa2013b/> Since label colors can be changed in classic Mac OS but are standardized and unchangeable in the newer operating systems, someone who wants to synchronize the label colors between a classic and modern system can change the label colors in classic Mac OS to match the newer system.<ref>{{cite web |title=OS X/OS 9 Finder label inconsistencies: update on 'correspondences' |date=2 September 2009 |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/os-xos-9-finder-label-inconsistencies-update-on-correspondences/ |website=[[CNET]] |access-date=8 October 2021}}</ref>
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