How do you get iMovie to save to another hard drive?

I am trying out the new Imovie and can not figure out how to change Imovie from saving to my SSD/boot drive. I want it to save to my other hard drive. I used the "old" Imove and it was fairly simple. Can this be done?

Yes, just go to File>Open Library>New and create a new library on your other hard drive. Then copy all events and projects to that new Library. This will move them to the other hard drive. You can then close the library on your boot drive. Quit iMovie and delete that library and in future only use the one on the other drive.

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