Searching by Finder Tags not working in Spotlight on macOS High Sierra
I started using Finder Tags very extensively a while ago. However, I noticed this strange bug (at least on my macOS High Sierra): Searching for tags by writing
tag:<name_of_tag>
is not working for me in Spotlight.
I can successfully write <name_of_tag>
into Finder search window, and it will both recognize it as tag and show me the relevant files. Therefore, it looks like a bug specific to Spotlight, as searching for tags is supposed to work system-wide.
Is there any workaround or fix for this issue?
After searching the internet a little bit, I found a recent post in Apple Discussions explaining the reason for bug. In non-english versions of macOS (at least German and Slovak), searching by
tag:<name_of_tag>
query does not work. Replacing the tag
keyword by kMDItemUserTags
fixes the problem and properly shows relevant files even from Spotlight:
kMDItemUserTags:<name_of_tag>