How do I put pictures from iphoto onto external hard drive

I would like to transfer most of my pictures from iphoto to and external hard drive to free up space.  I was sold a WD elements and said its a plug and play then drag onto drive.  When I try to drap photos to the external drive it won't let me.  Anyone have any suggestions?

This is a brand new drive? Make sure it is formatted so you can read and write from a Mac. (Plug and Play could mean P&P on Windows.)
With the drive connected, run Disk Utility. It's in Applcations / Utilities. Select the drive (on the left) reformat it. This will erasse everything on the drive - but I assume it is empty since you could not write to it.
See this thread for details.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3673097?start=0&tstart=0

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