From MacOS Tahoe you can easily personalize folders in Finder by giving them a color, symbol or emoji. This way you can visually distinguish each folder, which makes organizing and finding important folders a lot easier.
It may be a small adjustment for Finder, but it ensures that you can provide all folders for a specific purpose with color. This way you will find parts faster, and thanks to the personalization with symbols you can also immediately see what the brochure stands for.
Folder color linked to tags
The folder color in Macos Tahoe is linked to the tag that you assign to that folder. This means that when you select a color tag for a folder, the folder automatically gets that color and is thereby visually marked in Finder.
The color of the folder therefore stems from the linked tag: by adding a certain color tag, the folder changes that color and it becomes easier to quickly recognize and organize folders. Have you already linked tags to folders? Then you will see that the folder color has also been changed under macOS 26.
Adjust Finder folders
Requires macOS 26 or newer
- Open Finder on your Mac
- Navigate to the folder you want to adjust
- Click on the folder with a secondary click (right mouse button)
- Choose ‘Adjusting folder’
- Select a desired color
Add emoji or symbols
Not only can you adjust the color of a folder, you can also link an emoji or symbol to it. This way you immediately know what the content of the folder is on the basis of the chosen symbol and layout. To do this, click on the folder â–¸ Adjust folder â–¸ Choose a desired symbol. Do you want an emoji? Then click on the button of the same name in the pop-up window.
Choose color quickly
From the context menu you can quickly choose a color that you can link to the folder in Finder.
Adjust color of all folders
The above steps tell how you can adjust the color of one folder, but it is good to know that you can also adjust the color of all folders in Finder in one go. To do this, go to  â–¸ System settings â–¸ View â–¸ Click on the dropdown menu to ‘Map color’ and choose a desired color.
Adjust Finder Tags
Because the folder color is linked to a tag in Finder, it is good to know that you can easily adjust the tags via the Finder settings. You can also create new tags via this road and possibly add new colors.
- Finder
- Click on ‘Finder’ in the menu bar
- Choose ‘Settings’
- Open the ‘Tags’ tab
You can then adjust existing tags or add new ones using the Plus button. You can change the color by clicking on the (colored) circle for the tag. Unfortunately it is not possible to create more colors.