Can I rename and move a catalog?

I recently made a full backup of my LR2 catalog, (18,000 photos) which was on my PC, and transferred it to my new Mac. When I made the backup, I accidentally included a folder of personal photos, which I would have preferred to be a second catalog.
So, I just exported the entire folder of personal photos as a new catalog. All went well. I then deleted the photos from the original catalog. Now, I have two catalogs one is named "Personal Photos" and the other is named "Full Backup." Well, that won't do.
I'd like to rename the "Full Backup" catalog to something more descriptive of the work stuff included. Also, both catalogs are in the Pictures folder, but they follow different paths afterwards. The Backup catalog is under pictures > Lightroom Catalog > Full Backup > Photos > (then the various sub folders). The Personal Photo Catalog is under Pictures > Lightroom > Personal Photos.
Is there a way to rename the Full backup and then move both catalogs so they take essentially the same path?

Steve, you have to remember that LR's works as a database - anything you do (move etc) within LR will be recognised whilst anything done outside of LR causes it a headache lol. So if you start shifting/dragging folders around outside of LR the links will be lost, lots of question marks will appear in the corner of your images and you'll then have the laborious process of telling LR where the images are now to be found.
Within LR's library (left hand panel) you can right click and rename folders if you want and these will also be renamed in the OS's folder structure. The same applies to moving folders - just hold down with the left mouse button and drag the folders to where you want to.
So in short, DO NOT drag within Finder if you want to spare yourself and LR a headache but instead do the dragging from within LR itself which will also be reflected in finder.

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