Tags in nvALT vs nvULTRA
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How and where are the tags stored in nvALT? As far as I can tell, they aren't part of the .txt file, right?
But in nvULTRA, the tags are both part of the .txt file and in the meta-data of the file, right?
Is there a way to import the nvALT tags into nvULTRA? I have a lot of tag info in my nvALT files that I'd love to see/edit in nvULTRA but I'm not sure how to.
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I'll defer to Brett as to how to get nvAlt tags into something more useful. My understanding was that it used the default macOS tagging mechanism, but that when testing it just now, that appears to be incorrect. Using `mdls`, it looks like it uses OpenMeta tags instead (`kMDItemOMUserTags`).
Google finds this -- https://gist.github.com/scottstanfield/683fcf4a16ed39ff4e0711be05e5d77a
I have not tested it, and would recommend backing up files before using that script on a large collection of notes to switch from OpenMeta to macOS tags. There may also be other utilities out there that will migrate between tag types.
nvUltra supports both MMD tags (e.g. MultiMarkdown metadata at the top of the file) and macOS tags. It will even synchronize the two if you desire (Files preferences). The nice thing about synchronizing them is that it makes the tags more robust, in that they would survive round tripping through a synchronization service (or OS) that does not support macOS tags (e.g. email and many others). This does require opening and editing each file to trigger the synchronization, however.
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Fletcher is correct, nvALT used OpenMeta tags. It's easy enough to convert those to macOS tags, but it does take some scripting. Once they're converted, though, nvUltra can sync them in and search them.
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If I switch my notes to macOS tags, will nvALT still recognize the tags?
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I don't believe nvALT recognizes macOS tags.
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Good to know. Thanks!
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