Best way to Backup iPhoto?

[marioman38]

Basically my laptop has a 30GB harddrive, and has 4000 photos on it. Whats the best way to keep the a few of them, probably the most recent 500 or so, to gain more space on the laptops HD and backup all photos to an external harddrive.

--- So that when i re-back up it doesnt replace to 4000 on the external HD with the only 500 on my laptop, essentially deleting what i wanted on the external HD.

Thanks For The Help!

 

[pianoman]

i keep a folder on my external HD for older pictures. when i'm done looking at them or need more HD space, i copy them to the external HD and then delete them from the iPhoto library. of course, i keep them organized by date and subject in subfolders on the external HD, which i'd recommend for finding stuff more easily. it works for me because it's simple.

 

[rstorm]

Why not store all of them on the ext hd?

 

[pianoman]

Why not store all of them on the ext hd?

in my case, i'm on a laptop, so i don't always have my external HD with me. plus there are some picture with which i'm constantly working or e-mailing back and forth.