iPhoto: Keep movie files on external harddrive

[Zebbe08]

I currently have iPhoto set to copy everything I import to the iPhoto Library, however since HD movies from my Canon camera take a lot of space I would like to keep these on an external harddrive. Photos on the other hand I would like to have in the iPhoto Library as usual.

Is this possible?

 

[Dave Braine]

Yes, you could drag them out of the iPhoto library onto the external drive, then delete them from iPhoto, but then they would no longer appear within the main iPhoto window. I suppose that you could create a new iPhoto library on the external, but then you'd have to start up iPhoto holding down the Option key to choose that library.

 

[EmmEff]

Not with the current version of iPhoto.

You could use one of the third party tools for splitting an iPhoto library and kee everything in a master library on the external drive and a copy on the internal drive.

Alternatively, don't store your movie files in iPhoto at all.