How to install apps to another hard drive

I have a late 2012 iMac 21.5 inch. I boot from an external solid state drive. However there are apps I would like to install to the internal hard drive. Whenever I install an app from the app store it by default installs to the boot drive. I am slowing running out of room on the SSD. When I move the app to the internal drive, I can't seem to be able put it back on the launchpad or dock, I can only launch from Finder.
Any ideas how to get things to install the internal drive by default, or

Well, an USB HD is useless with a PPC computer because you can't boot with it. So, installing OS X onto it is an exercise in futility. Return it for one that has FW or get another one. Amazon is offering an ext enclosure + 1 TB Seagate for $130 USD at http://www.amazon.com/Macally-G-S350SUA-Hi-Speed-FireWire-Enclosure/dp/B000P1NAM O/ref=pdbbs_sr1?ie=UTF8&s=automotive&qid=1240278380&sr=8-1

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https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/In … C3%B1ol%29
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