Aperture 3 new external help

I have Lion and a new imac. Currently I use Aperture 3 and my photos are used as reference files:
All of my original photos are sorted by year on a USB external.
The A3 library is also on the same USB external.
I want to get the new Lacie Thunderbolt external and put the original photos and library on the the new drive.
1. Can I just copy all the original photos from the old external to the new external
2. Copy the aperture library for these photos from the old external to the new external
3. Launch Aperture holding down the option key and click for the new location of the library?
Thanks

Your steps seem OK. I would disconnect the old drive before launching Aperture with the new library just to be sure it is looking at the correct masters.
To open Aperture with the library in the new location, just double-click the library in the new location and Aperture will open with it as the new default. (Your option-open will also work)
I think Aperture will still be looking for the masters on the old drive. If so, just select all the images in Aperture and choose File->Locate Referenced Files...
Or better yet, do what Leonie said...
Message was edited by: Thomas Emmerich

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