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how do i move iPhoto library to external hd?

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jch30

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I need more space on my hd. A lot of space is being taken up by family photos in iPhoto. How do I move those photos to an external hd to free up space on the the Macbook?
 
AndyK

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Are you having issues with how to get an external drive to actually interface with your mac or what to do with it once it is? Or perhaps both?
 
UltraNEO*

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jch30 said:
I need more space on my hd. A lot of space is being taken up by family photos in iPhoto. How do I move those photos to an external hd to free up space on the the Macbook?
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Simplest way...

You can just drag the iPhoto Library to another drive, create a short-cut or alias (as Apple calls it) where it was... Just make sure the external storage device is on and active when you come to use iPhoto.
 
pacmania1982

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UltraNEO* said:
Simplest way...

You can just drag the iPhoto Library to another drive, create a short-cut or alias (as Apple calls it) where it was... Just make sure the external storage device is on and active when you come to use iPhoto.
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Alternatively - do the first bit, move the library to your external drive, then open iPhoto and it'll ask you to create a new library or choose an existing one

pac
 
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