Moving applications to external hd--how do I do this?

I would like to do some backing up and space making on my iMac before Leopard comes out. There are some applications and things that I think came on my iMac that I don’t think I have ever used, or that I need. Is there any reason to keep Garage Band, iMovie, Palm, or Zinnio (whatever that is) on my iMac?
Could I just move them to an external hard drive in case I want them someday, and if so how do I do it? Do I just drag the application from my applications folder to the external and after it copies trash the one in my applications folder? Is there anything I need to know before doing something like this?
Many thanks in advance.
Jane

Garage Band's biggest space hog isn't the application itself--it is the support files in the /Library/Audio folder and the /Library/Application Support/GarageBand folder. If you have iMovie and iDVD, it is the same deal: the application support files can take more space than the applications. You really need to know what you are doing to clean all this stuff up. I think it might even be easier to simply clone your internal drive to an external drive, restart from the external drive to make sure everything works as expected, then keep the clone updated and, when Leopard comes out, do a fresh install of it on the internal drive.
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