Relocating the library file to ext. HD for more space

Hello,
I think I need to move the 237GB library file to an external FW800 drive to open space on my internal drive. Will Aperture have trouble finding the library? Will this create productivity problems in future?
Also, is a 237GB library file considered average, large, unreasonable? I know "it depends" on many factors, but if the size of the library is slowing behavior and processing I want to decrease it.
Thanks

I think I need to move the 237GB library file to an external FW800 drive to open space on my internal drive. Will Aperture have trouble finding the library? Will this create productivity problems in future?
You can move your library to an external drive, no problem. Just make sure, the drive is formatted for Mac as MacOS Extended (Journaled) and directly connected. See this support article:
Use locally mounted Mac OS X Extended volumes for your Aperture library
To move the library, repair it as a precaution (see: Aperture 3 User Manual: Repairing and Rebuilding Your Aperture Library) and make a current backup, just in case.
Then drag the library to the external drive using the Finder.
Double-click the copy of the library on the external drive. This will point Aperture to the new library and open it in Aperture. Test the library, if all transferred well.
if you are satisfied that all copied over well, you can delete the library from the internal drive.
Will this create productivity problems in future?
No,it will not. Only make sure, that you also make backups of the library on the external drive.
Also, is a 237GB library file considered average, large, unreasonable? I know "it depends" on many factors, but if the size of the library is slowing behavior and processing I want to decrease it.
That is a moderately sized library. The larger the library, the longer basic maintainance like upgrading, repairing, rebuilding, backup will take. For a library size beyond 1 TB rebuilding might take a whole day, and then it would be time to think about splitting the library.
But when working with the library the size of the library should not matter. I found that other thing may slow Aperture down a little, like too many smart albums with a scope of the whole library, or very large projects, or if disk space is getting low. Try to keep at least 20GB of disk space free on your system drive.
Regards
Léonie

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> Hello,
>
> Using AW 7.02
>
> I have a couple of library files, one contains graphics,
the other audio.
I
> am using a dive routine to run through the icons in the
a7p file and if it
is a
> sound icon that is "linked", I want to make sure that it
is linked to the
audio
> library file.
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> filename.
>
> Is there an icon property that contains the linked info?
I believe that
there
> is, as when I right click on a sound icon which is
linked to a library
file, I
> noticed that I could select Library Links... from the
pop up menu, and I
found
> the following data:
>
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> Linked To:1.3.1s
>
In Library:lessonAudio.a7l <<<----This is what I am
interested in
getting
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>
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externally.
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Mike
>

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