Best way to move Ap library and masters to a new HD

Hello,
I currently have my library on a 500GB HD on my mac pro. Since free space is running out I purchased a 1TB internal drive. Now I want to move everything to this new drive (library and masters).
By copying all the masters and the library to the new location and pointing to it in the general preference of aperture would work but copying just will take too long.
Is there a better way to do that?

If you are moving masters, that sounds like you have referenced master files.
1) Backup your Aperture Library if you can; don’t delete it and your original referenced masters until the last step, if ever!
2) Use Aperture -> File -> Relocate Masters so Aperture makes all the connections to the new location itself:
To move masters for referenced images to a new location
In the Browser, select the referenced images whose masters you want to move.
Choose File > Relocate Masters.
Choose a folder location in the dialog that appears.
Choose None from the Subfolders pop-up menu to specify that the files be stored as separate, individual files in the selected folder. You can also specify that Aperture create a hierarchy of subfolders with specific folder names to store your files. For more information about creating folders to hold your imported image files, see Importing Masters for Referenced Images into Folders.
Choose a naming convention from the Name Format pop-up menu to specify how you want the masters named.
For example, choose Master Filename from the Version Name pop-up menu to have your files stored using the current master filenames from your camera or card. Choose a name format from the Version Name pop-up menu to have your masters stored using a specified name. If you choose a custom name format, enter the name you want in the Name Text field. For more information about naming files, see Automatically Naming Your Imported Images.
Click Relocate Masters.
3) As for the Aperture Library now updated with the new locations for the referenced masters, you can certainly simply copy your Aperture Library to the internal drive.
4) Then drag that internal drive library icon over your Aperture program icon in the dock, and you’ll launch the program with everything taken care of on the new location and the new library.
5) Once confident everything worked properly (maybe in a few months unless you need the disk space sooner), delete or archive your original referenced masters and original Aperture Library.

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