How do I download my photo's on Iphoto on to an external hardrive

I'm trying to download just my photo's from Iphoto onto an external hard drive. A western Digital My Passport for Mac. Can I just drag my photo's onto the hard drive? and how?
Thanks,

Hey qxwoman,
If you're just looking to copy particular photos or groups of photos to your external hard drive, then yes, you can drag the chosen photos to the external hard drive.
iPhoto Help - Export a photo
https://help.apple.com/iphoto/mac/9.6/#/pht6e157c5f
However, if you're looking to copy the entirety of your photos that are in iPhoto, it would be best to back up your iPhoto Library to your external HD as detailed in the article below.
iPhoto 9.5: Back up your iPhoto library
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH15262
Cheers,
Allen

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