How do i get everything form now on saved onto my external hard drive?

i only have 7 gb on my comptuers hd i have a 500 gb external ahrd drive connected. how do i make verything automatically save onto the external? thanks..

You can use the following instructions(iTunes, iPhoto) to move the libraries to the external drive.
You can also drag your home folder to the external drive in the Finder and then change the home property for your user account in the NetInfo Manager, which is in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder, if you need more space. When changed, this property should be along the lines of /Volumes/externaldrive/Users/yourname. If this is done, you should create a second account in the Accounts pane of System Preferences in case you run into trouble or the drive isn't available.
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