Where do I find my start up disk to remove files to increase space?

I am new to Mac, just bought a used '07 iMac from a co-worker. They cleaned it up & restored to like new. I have iPhoto, and the Mac is saying that my startup disk is full, it won't let me watch videos or upload new photos. I have an ebook for external storage, but not sure how to find file "startup disk" to move items to ebook. Can anyone please help me to figure this out?

It is the hard drive that appears on your Desktop and is usually named, Macintosh HD.
Freeing Up Space on The Hard Drive
1. See Lion/Mountain Lion/Mavericks' Storage Display.
2. You can remove data from your Home folder except for the /Home/Library/ folder.
3. Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on freeing up space on your hard drive.
4. Also see Freeing space on your Mac OS X startup disk.
5. See Where did my Disk Space go?.
6. See The Storage Display.
You must Empty the Trash in order to recover the space they occupied on the hard drive.
You should consider replacing the drive with a larger one. Check out OWC for drives, tutorials, and toolkits.
Try using OmniDiskSweeper 1.8 or GrandPerspective to search your drive for large files and where they are located.

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