How do I move my photos/events to an external hard drive? Iphoto 09

Hi,  I am running out of space on my mac so want to store the majority of my photos on an external hard drive.  I have iphoto 09 8.1.2, any help greatly appreciated. I am very basic when it comes to IT issues!
Thanks, Jo

Make sure the drive is formatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
1. Quit iPhoto
2. Copy the iPhoto Library from your Pictures Folder to the External Disk.
3. Hold down the option (or alt) key while launching iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and navigate to the new location. From that point on this will be the default location of your library.
4. Test the library and when you're sure all is well, trash the one on your internal HD to free up space.
Regards
TD

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