Exporting Events and Photos

Hi Everyone...
Is there a way to move the photos that are in "events" to a folder on my desktop so I can move them to my macbook pro? Or an easier way to do this?
I just sorted and cleaned up over 4000 photos and I don't want to do it again
Please help!
Thanks so much
Starr

Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
Several Possibilities:
Is there also a Library on that MacBookPro?
If so, link the two machines together and use iPhoto Library Manager ro move pics/albums/events to the other library
If not, then simply copy the Library to the Pictures Folder on the MBP and launch iPhoto.
Also, just export the pics to a Folder (File -> Export) but note this will not preserve your Albums etc.
Regards
TD

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