IPhoto Transfer to External Hard Drive

I'm trying to export about 10000 pics and vids from iphoto to an external hard drive.  Each time I try about 500 files won't copy and I get an error message for each. Short of copy down each file and moving them over separately, is there something else I can do ?

With the amount of information you've provided it's impossible to offer a potential solution.  We can't see your computer so we need to know the details of your problem and setup, i.e.:
what version of iPhoto are you using?
what system version are you running?
what format is the external hard drive?
have you tried exporting in smaller batches to folders on the Desktop and moving those folders to the EHD? With iPhoto 9 and later you can automatically export the photos to folders representing the Events they are in via the menu option File ➙ Export ➙ File Export:
what fixes have you tried?
where is your library located on the boot drive?
did you apply any updates or upgrades just prior to the problem occurring?
are you running a "managed" or "referenced" library?
how much free space on your boot drive?
OT

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