Iphoto and back up issues

Can you help please.
I have a MBPro and am looking to move my iphoto library from the MBP to a 1 ter bite Mypassport external HD. I have time machine running from a seperate external HD so this one is merely used to hold everything, freeing up the MBP memory.
Firstly, what is the best way of moving the 12000 photos from the MBP to the external HD and then finally when I delete all of the photos from the MBP memory will that effect the events I have set up as most of my 12000 photos are grouped into events rather than albums and obvioulsy dont want to loose any of them whilst moving and deleting.
Thanks for your help in advance.

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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I recently uploaded some pics and videos from an ipad and a camera. I put them all on Iphoto and backed them up in my personal folder. I then trimmed one of the videos and dragged and dropped that into the master folder(pictures). Its now gone!! HELP!?!?!

I rencently added all my photo's from my Ipad and Camera. There were photos and videos on both. The import was done through Iphoto and then transfered to my backup in my pictures folder. I then took one of my videos and trimmed it and then addded that trimmed version to my back up(pictures)albumn. It asked If i wanted to replace existing photo or cancel and I hit replace. Now the file plays great on Iphoto but I am unable to share it through any form(facebook, Imessage etc) and in my back up(pictures) it says the file in only 87kb. I dragged and dropped it from Iphoto to the desk top along with another important video, when I hit get info on both of them one of them is a full sized video(50mb or whatever) and the other one(the one I am trying to recover) is only the 87kb. I want this full file avaiable to me how can I get it back?? it is already deleted off the camera??? please please help me.

Garret,
is your movie in your backup folder a Quicktime movie? Then probably only have the Quicktime wrapper in your backup folder, but not the referenced media in the file fork of the movie. If you see the full quality movie in iPhoto in QuickTime player, don't drag it from the browser to the Desktop, but use "File > Reveal in Finder > Original File" to show the movie in your iPhoto Library. Select the Movie when it is revealed and ctrl-click it to open it in Quicktime Player.
Export it from Quicktime Player with "Export to" and share it to iTunes. This way it will be converted to a .mp4 movie that embeds the missing resources.
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Can someone help me... In order to create more space on the HD of my 2007 iMac (500gb) i copied the iPhoto library to my external HD (La Cie) and then put original in the trash wit a mind to delete it and only boot iPhoto from the Lacie. After consultation on this site i realised this was a mistake as i should do that with a completely separate HD not the one I use Time Machine on! So I've put the orginal iPhoto library back in the pictures folder and it works fine when i select it BUT its now called an iPhoto PACKAGE with a folder as an Icon NOT iPhoto library with the flower icon. Does this matter or should I now delete this package and copy the original back from the LaCie which IS still called a library with the little flower icon... Sorry this is so long winded but I need to give you all the info.
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Sorry,
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My Mac Info:
Macbook Pro Retina OS X, Version 10.8.5, Processor 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5, Memory 8GB
I have 0KB out of 120.47GB.
Audio - 2.33GB
Movies - 37.12GB
Photos - 28.66GB
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Ok...the scenario, let's say...
I backed up in Jan '14 on Time Machine on a G/Drive 1GB. (got it.)
In Feb '14, I ran out of space on my Mac, so I deleted photos to make room and did another backup, photos and everything. (got it.)
In Mar '14, I backed up again.
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In the Mar '14, back up, it only backed up the photos from my iPhoto library that were current, it did not back up the deleted photos.
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**boojum**
Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
Are there any incompatibilities between Intel/G4 versions of the iPhoto apps or Library Packages?
No.
What is the best way to manually copy the Library from the Mini to the PB? And back?
Try using Firewire target mode.
Regards
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