How do you move the iphoto application off macbook and onto lacie hard drive?

I want to move iphoto onto a stand alone hard drive, so I can free up space on my macbook. I have tried dragging it into the hard drive but all that seems to have done is duplicate the library. I want a new target position on the Lacie drive.

1. You don't move the application, you only move the Library.
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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