how do i move iPhoto library to external hd?

[jch30]

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]

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*]

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?

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]

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.

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

 

[skybolt]

Here'sthe way Apple says to do it: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iPhoto/8.0/en/6331.html