Want to make local Spotlight searches more effective? Add keywords to their metadata, such as Finder Comments. But there are some snags.
macOS
Don’t use iCloud Drive to copy docs between Sierra and High Sierra, as they may well lose metadata in the process. Bug or feature?
Browse, cut/copy/paste, edit content, export as text, and more for any xattr attached to a folder or file in HFS+ and APFS, Sierra and High Sierra.
How to attach a metadata flag to a file or folder, to bring it under the protection of SIP.
Can now edit the content of existing xattrs, and create completely new ones, with arbitrary content.
Tweaked to see and open any file or folder, even inside bundles, and to fix a display glitch with binary property lists.
Now supports cut, copy and paste of any xattr between files or folders. Also adds quarantine flags, and reveals full content of most xattrs.
Found in some supplementary log files in Sierra only, and contain a UUID which may refer to main log files.
Long-awaited, this new book tries to cover most of the ground that the advanced Mac user, developer, sysadmin, or support person needs to understand.
Found in supplementary log files in Sierra and High Sierra only. May contain a UUID reference to main log files.
The Eclectic Light Company 