HT201364 Upgrade to Mavericks/deleting picture files

I am wanting to upgrade to Mavericks however I only have a bit over 6G of space available due to the fact that I have a lot of memory tied up in picture files. I have backed up my files on an external drive, but am fearful that my picture files will be lost if I delete them from iphoto to free up space. Do I need to export the pictures to the external drive. I have done that to some of my pictures already. I'm just not sure how to go about saving them.

When I look in finder under pictures I see the iphoto and photo booth. If I send THAT to my external drive does it save the whole 24GB of information including the program and all or just the files? I have Time machine set to back up to a Seagate extrernal drive. Have I already saved it? I also have an iMac. What is the easiest way to move files from my MacBook Air to the iMac? I was wanting to set up iCloud, however, it says to have Mavericks installed first and that is where my whole problem started. I do not have enough space on my MacBook Air to install Mavericks. I thought the easiest way to free up space would be to delete picture files. But my pictures are linked to Facebook and Flicker. Last time I deleted pictures from my Mac they also disappeared from Facebook. How can I prevent that from happening.
I realize that is a totally different subject and I apologize. I am just trying to wrap my head around how this all works.

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