Can't Rename Files: Files Pop Open On One Click

I re-checked the Keyboard/Mouse Preferences, but this is clearly an anomalous development. Whole OS seems to be functioning slower and slower over the past year. Might a system re-install help?

How much HD space do you have?
When was the last time you repaired your disk & permissions from your System Install DVD?
Consider updating your OS to the last version of Tiger along w/all the other required updates that goes with it (check Software Update).

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Files get open with single click sometimes

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Can't rename files on an external harddrive,

I import my pictures into Lightroom using the following format YYYYMMDD - XXXX. For example, a picture with a file number 2113 taken on Dec 16th, 2011 would be ranamed 20111216 - 2113. I import them to my computer first and then move them to an external hard drive when the storage on my computer gets tight. For a while, I accidently was adding a space to the front of my file name, so it would import as " 20111216 - 2113" instead of "20111216 - 2113" notice the space at the beginning file name. This space was maintained when the file lived on my computer, but it was removed when I moved the lightroom folder to my external hard drive. As a result, all of the files that are on the external hard drive show up as "missing or deleted." Light room thinks there should be a space in the front, but none of the files on the hard drive do. I have to locate each and every file by hand, and the "find nearby photos" check box doesn't help, because all the files are missing the space. Is there a way to batch rename files in lightroom, even when the file is missing? I need to change all the names in my catalogue to take out the space at the front so I can then easily locate the files on my external hard drive. Can someone help me out? There has to be a better, faster, easier way to do this other than individually locating each and every file on my external hard drive.
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I think I've created confusion about what I want. All I want is to end up with a file that is flattened so that I can save it as a tiff without getting a warning that it contains layers. Please correct me if I’m wrong but I’ve always assumed I should always flatten a file before I save it as a tiff unless I specifically want to retain layers or transparency. I’m only talking here of files that open with a single layer: ie. Layer 1. I assume that if I don’t flatten such files the resultant files will be unnecessarily big?
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Can't rename file with Applescript

Hi,
I'm a programmer but I'm new to Automator and Applescript. I am trying to rename pdf files based on a specific line of its content but I don't succeed. I created a service that exports the text from the pdf to a file. Then I use applescript to read that specific line from the file, then another applescript to rename the pdf to that string. Every step works except the rename part. When I tell Finder to rename the file it stops with the error: "The operation can't be completed because there is already an item with that name." This is not true, but I keep getting this error message no matter which file I try it with.
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