How do I "house" more photos than will fit on my internal drive?

I'm just about ready to try to make my entire digital photo collection available on my Mac. But since I only have 120GB, I think it will be too crowded to put them all on the internal hard drive (I have them in several locations, but I think the total will be around 60-80,000??). I have an external drive with PLENTY of space, but I don't keep it connected all the time. What is the best way to set this up? Hubby and I are separate users, and I can easily divide the libraries in two that way. Right now, all the currently taken photos are being put on "his side" in iPhoto.
Oh, and I'm using iPhoto 7 (iLife '08) on a Tiger (10.4.11) with no plans to further upgrade any time soon.
I haven't really read enough much about the iPhoto file structure, and prefer to just let iPhoto handle it, and then back up regularly...

Welcome to the Apple Discussions. If the external HD is formatted for the Mac you can just move your library to the external and run it from there. You can have a smaller library on your laptop with more current photo or those photos needed for a project. iPhoto Library Manager can be used to quickly change from one library to anotherr and copy albums or events between the two.
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto (iPhoto.Library for iPhoto 5 and earlier) database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger or later), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 6 and 7 libraries and Tiger and Leopard. Just put the application in the Dock and click on it whenever you want to backup the dB file. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.
Note: There's now an Automator backup application for iPhoto 5 that will work with Tiger or Leopard.

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