Out of drive space, what's the easiest way to export?

Hi everyone. I have an easy question for you.
I'm on an iMac with a precariously small hard drive, and I'm running out of space. Is there a way to move some of my folders and/or projects from my iMac to my external hard drive? (I think I'm using a "managed" system -- I'm doing whatever it's called when you just let Aperture take care of filing stuff.) If I do move some of my projects to my external drive, will I be able to access the files easily? Or will I have to import them again to work with them?
Thanks,
HippieBoy

After you get all images permanently off your internal hard drive, on a single-drive Mac you will want to manage by Referencing image Masters. Hard drives slow as they fill (a good rule of thumb is not to fill any drive more than 70%, and for best speed keep important drives no more than 50% full), so you will want your Masters on one or more external Firewire 800 (not USB2) hard drives. OWC <http://www.owcomputing.com/> drives are one good source.
To "Reference" Master images, when you go to import, on the right hand side of the import window select "Store files in their current location." Trying to keep Master originals on a single internal drive usually sooner or later overfills the internal drive.
The Library itself can usually live on any connected drive, including the internal drive, so long as Masters are stored externally. A Library of in excess of 100k images will remain small enough to keep on most well-managed internal drives. As long as the internal drive is kept underfilled it is preferable from a speed standpoint to have the Referenced-Masters Library reside on the internal drive.
Note that iMacs and laptops in general are limiting to the performance of heavy graphics apps. In addition to good hard drives management, maximizing RAM will also help optimize Aperture performance on your iMac.
Good luck!!
-Allen Wicks

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