On the heels of Mac OS X's file tagging and Smart Folders features, Windows Vista users can now tag their files and use those keywords to organize and search documents on their desktop.

TagScanner is a Windows freeware that lets you rename and tag music files automatically & quickly. It can rename and tag music files of different formats.

You can use tags to make file searching easier, and here's how on Windows 11.

Tagit lets you add metadata tags to files for easy searching, either through Tagit itself or other apps that are compatible with the OpenMeta tagging standard.

iTunes is too frustrating to use for tagging files. Metadatics has a better set of features and is easier to use.

The coming addition of support for tags in Notes and Reminders on iPhone, iPad, and Macs suggests Apple really wants to get you tagging today.