I need to know how to get a particular photo from my iPhoto library that is backed up on Time Machine.

I just backed up my whole computer on an external drive with Time Machine.  I wanted to clean off my old files from my computer, but I didn't want to erase them until I knew I could go back and get particular items from the back-up.  For example if I clean out my iPhoto libraries, how would I go get the libraries once they are on the external drive.
I want to clean out my photos without having to put them all on CD's.  Can I use an external drive as my drive I save everything to not just for a system back-up.  Or is there a better way to store my photos rather than CD's so I can clean-up some memory space on my internal drive.

ttown wrote:
I just backed up my whole computer on an external drive with Time Machine.  I wanted to clean off my old files from my computer, but I didn't want to erase them until I knew I could go back and get particular items from the back-up.
No, No, No, a thousand times, no!
Pardon the dramatics, but don't do that.  Time Machine will, sooner or later, delete the backup copies of anything that's no longer on your Mac. 
Plus, of course, if you delete the originals, you no longer really have backups (backup = an extra copy in case something happens to the original). 
Your best bet might be to get a larger internal HD for your Mac.  Second best would be to get another external HD, format it for a Mac, and move some stuff (perhaps your entire iPhoto library) to it, and let Time Machine back up both your internal HD and the new external.

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