Are you sure you have rights to all these files? I can select a whole slew of "robg owned" files at once and apply any of the colors to them via either the contextual menu or the File -> Color Label item. But if any of those files are "read only," then the label option is disabled... -rob. -----Original Message----- From: Mac OS X Newbies [mailto:X-Newbies at lists.themacintoshguy.com] On Behalf Of jc Subject: [X Newbies] color files in a folder I want to color all the files in a particular folder (using Panther). I can do one at a time but there should be someway to do them all at once. I select all and the color buttons are grayed out. Can any one tell me how or tell me it can't be done.