Moving and deleting pictures

I have 48 GB of photos on my iMac and would like to move all of them to my external firewire hard drive. I would actually like to have iPhoto then access the pictures from the external hard drive as well. What is the best procedure for this, and how can I reclaim some hard drive space?
Thanks,
Robin

Robin,
You can have iPhoto use the library from an external drive. Close iPhoto. Use the Finder to copy the entire iPhoto Library Folder (all in one piece) to the external drive. When complete, hold the Option key as you launch iPhoto and click "Choose Library." Navigate to the iPhoto Library folder on the external drive, then click Open. iPhoto will continue to use the library from there until you option-launch again and tell it otherwise. When you are absolutely certain that all is well with your library you can delete the iPhoto Library folder on your internal drive to free up the space.
Regards.

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