How do I move the location of library to external drive?

I started uploading pictures in Revel and didn't realize that it was taking up space on the limited hard drive in my Mac Pro.  How can I move the back up, and all related files to an external hard drive and still keep everything on the cloud?

Hi Johnny,
Unfortunately, you can not move the location of the library on your Mac. What you may want to do is turn off "Keep All Originals" - then, upload your images then put those originals on the external HD. Then you'd have your original images backed up on the ext HD, also have them in the cloud, but off your desktop.
Glenyse

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