I am trying to copy my IPhoto's library to my LaCie hard drive but when I drag the iPhoto icon over it won't transfer, whist do I have to do?

Hi I am new it IMac and can't transfer my iPhoto's to my LaCie hard drive please help

You need to Copy the iPhoto Library.photolibrary package from the Pictures folder in your Username folder.
Open a Finder window and select the Pictures entry in the Sidebar, have the view setting set to Columns view.
Find a Folder/Package called iPhoto Library.photolibrary and select it, one click. Then press the Command and c keys together to Copy it. then select your external drive and press Command and the v keys together that will paste it to your external.
Once that is done and you know it was copied successfully Open iPhoto with the Option/Alt key held down. That will bring up a dialog window where you can select which iPhoto Library to open. browse to your external drive and select the folder you just copied over to it.
From then on iPhoto will default to opening that copy of your library. Once you know it is working correctly you can then Delete, Move To Trash, the one in your Pictures folder.

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