MacBook running low on disk space

I have a 2008 MacBook 13" and have a ton of photos, movies, songs, etc. saved directly to the laptop. I am starting to run out od hard drive space but the laptop is still in good working order. Is there a way to transfer all of this to an external hard drive to free up space on the computer?

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