My iMac startup disk nearly full

Dear sir,
I would like to know how can I expand my start-up disk size with an external added USB harddisk when I found my disk space nearly full? I want to expand the disk volume to function as a single disk. Can I do this?

Ok. Let me rewrite again.
"Expanding volume is not the best choice to solve the disk full issues."
That is what I said you can create a single volume from the two drive without losing all the data on them.
>>>1) I just echo your response about not suggested to expand the start-up disk volume by adding external disk without losing the data. Thanks advice because I just want to adding additional space from orginial size.
"Your suggestion is first moving out those not system related files like media files in iPhoto, iTunes, iMovie etc."
I don't understand why you are saying "first moving out" because that is not what I said. I said move them to the external disk and then start using them from there permanently. You are not going to need to move them again after that so the first is very confusing to me.
>>>2) My question is asking the alternative solution suggested is moving the non-OS-system related application like iPhoto... into another location like external harddisk could help to free up the space from start-up disk.
"I had done iPhoto in such way to moving out of my start-up disk already."
Very strange sentence construction there but if you are saying you have iPhoto library already there that is good just point iPhoto at the new location and start using. What is the problem?
>>>3) I just share that I already do the same method to relocate the iPhoto library into my external disk. I want to know another media application or iTunes library/data can easily relocate.
"I am not such another application also had the same function to do so."
This make no sense to me at all.
>>>4) If 3) can do as said, any related topic with guidelines could tell me how to do it.
I hope above writing could let you understand more. Thanks.

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