Transfer Final Cut Pro X events and projects to external hd

Hey guys!
Can you help me transfer my final cut events and projects to a external hard drive cause my hd is full

ok... i was thinking if the project looked for the media like
->user->final cut event->event->(wanted clip_
or if i grabbed both the event and project folders and moved them to my external hard drive which when you have final cut open it will see...
so i grab the two final cut folders in finder move them and then open final cut will final cut not kno what is going on?
because if final cut just looks for the event in
final cut events/event/(wanted clip)
instead of its original location (like windows would)
mac/user/movies/final cut event/event/(wanted clip)
then that would work?
it should work... does that makes sense? haha

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