Hi.
Ever since I started using tags I have had this irritating problem with my main iMac.
For some context, I have:
- one iMac
- one iPad
- one iPhone
- one Synology NAS running DS Cloud
All running latest updates of everything constantly. All synced.
What happens is this:
All files stored in iCloud that are tagged shows 4 times in Finder, but all 4 “versions” have the same path. This only happens on my iMac (see screenshot)
Anybody else experiencing this? Luckily I don’t use tags that much so it’s not a practical problem, but it’s quite irritating.
Welcome!
I checked and I have a few files that show up twice. It is because I have the same file in two different directories. Maybe this is what you’re seeing.
Try turning on View | Show Path Bar so you can single-click on files and see where they are located.
Update: I just opened my NAS in locations, and now there are four copies of the files that I was seeing two copies of - two on my iMac, and copies of those two on the NAS.
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Thank you.
It looks like the files that show up multiple times in Finder are located on different backup-disks and a folder called iCloud (Archive).
Problem was then easily solved by excluding these folders and disks from Spotlight.
Again, thank you 
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