Can't rename folder

Hi everyone,

After scouring forum posts on this topic for the past hour, I am still unable to rename a folder on my MacBook (OS X 10.5.8).

The folder in question is:

Macintosh HD:Applications:Adobe Lightroom:Contents:Resources:de.lproj

I am trying to rename the folder in order to effectively hide it from Lightroom (LR), so that I can continue to use LR in English, while still having the rest of my OS/apps in German.

So far, I have tried:

- Verifying permissions on the folder (which are now set to "Read & Write" for system, wheel and everyone);
- Repairing permissions;
- Tossing the finder.plist file;
- A restart after all of the above.

Still, I receive the message "You do not have sufficient access privileges to rename the item "de.lproj".

Having only switched over to Mac a couple of years ago after knowing my way in and out of Windows, it appears that I'm not quite up to scratch yet... Understandably, I am getting quite frustrated with this on a Saturday morning. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Cheers from a first-time poster,
- Marc

 

Actually, I have now switched the OS language to English... just to make sure that I am not missing anything.

In any case, at this point, the whole language issues are secondary. I just want to know why I (inexplicably!) can't rename a folder...

 

Yes, I am able to rename folders that I have created, so no issues there.

I believe I should able to rename the folder in question, though, given that others have successfully done so:

http://www.juliengille.com/en/blog/2010/08/change-the-default-language-of-lightroom-on-mac-os-x/

http://www.lightroomqueen.com/lrqebook3-search/30pages/lr3sample-36-switchlanguages.pdf

Again, I am not so much concerned about the initial goal (i.e. using LR in English with the rest of the OS in German). I am just looking to understand why I can't rename this folder when I seem to have all the privileges necessary to do so. And though your reply is definitely true in certain cases, I think there may be something else going on here. Maybe?!

 

Apparently I do. Thanks for the help, old-wiz. That solved it.

Cheers.