How do I store files from iPhoto onto a flash drive???

My New Mac Book is full!!!!! I have 65gb of photos on it, and I cannot work out how to save them onto an external hard drive, I have tried to drag and drop, and that doesnt work.  Do i need to format the external drive for Mac?? If so, then how....... I cannot use my macbook as its completly full, and thats a bit of a waste.... some pleae point me in the right direction.
Thanks

chefhenry715 wrote:
  Do i need to format the external drive for Mac??
Perhaps this is the issue.  Some drives come pre-formatted for Mac, others don't.  If the drive is empty as yet, why not reformat it and see if this helps. 
Plug in the drive.
Now launch disk utilities:  Finder > Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility.
Select the external drive in the left hand column, select the "Erase" tab and select Mac OS Extended (Journaled) as the Format.  Now click "Erase" at bottom right.  The utility will reformat the drive.  When finished, see if you can move the image files to the drive.

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