Label command
In Mac OS X, you can apply color or text labels to icons in Mac OS X just as you could in Mac OS 9. Use the File→Color Label command to apply colors (or Controlclick an icon and choose from the shortcut menu); specify the names you want for your labels in Finder→Preferences→Labels.
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