Trouble with externally moving files in LR v2.3

Hi All,
Newbie here, so sorry if this is a stupid question.
I finally got a computer that is powerful enough to make LR useful, so I have been playing around with it the last few days and I really love it. My library is woefully disorganized so Ive been trying to clean up some of the layout. I've watched some tutorials such as this one:
http://www.workshopsondemand.com/ps_lightroom/s10/
In it, Julieanne demonstrates that she can move files in Finder and have the changes automatically reflected back in LR. However, this doesn't appear to work when I try it and I am not sure why. When I rename a directory, for instance, the Catalog grays out the original folder with a "?". I have to manually repoint each directory to its new name for LR to be happy again. I have been desperately searching the web and forums for any hints as to what may be wrong or if this feature is no longer supported, but I am coming up empty. Does anyone have any ideas?
I am running LR v2.3 on Leopard in case that matters.
-Greg

Hi Ian,
Thank you kindly for the response.
The technique you describe is actually very close to what I was doing already (the difference is that in this context, the ctrl-click give you an option for "Find missing folder.." (or something like that) and not the "Update folder location" that you mention. I think the latter is the option you get when LR hasn't realized it lost track of the location, but I am not sure. I've seen that option in passing, but not while doing this particular task).
In any case, as you point out this is not anywhere near as slick as the feature apparently removed from LR 1.x -> 2. I am trying to re-org hundreds of folders so the manual clicking on each one was getting old fast I was hoping I could use tools like bash/sed and even finder to restructure my folders efficiently and just have LR follow my lead.
However, I also get the impression based on the context you provided that this may be my only option, unfortunately. I wonder why that feature was removed? It seems like it would be generally useful to anyone, not just disorganized yet prolific photogs like myself
-Greg

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