What is the safest way to move iPhoto to external hard drive so i can view photos on my iMac and mAir?

Whats the safest way to move all my photos (10 gig iphoto library) from my iMac to an xternal hard drive (64 gig thumb drive) so i can view them on my mAir?
Is this recommended? I had help @ a 1:1 and moved my iTunes (500gigs) to a Seagate 1T portable drive so i would have access to my mAir, glad i did.

Whats the safest way to move all my photos (10 gig iphoto library) from my iMac to an xternal hard drive (64 gig thumb drive) so i can view them on my mAir?
Is this recommended? I had help @ a 1:1 and moved my iTunes (500gigs) to a Seagate 1T portable drive so i would have access to my mAir, glad i did.

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