Q: How do I transfer all my files, photos, and movies to an external hard drive?

I have an 21.5" iMac Mid 2010 with a 500gb hard drive that is almost full. I have a 1TB external hard drive that I want to move most of my files and all of my photos from iPhoto and my movies from iMovie to. Is there any easy way to transfer those onto the external hd and be able to run iPhoto and iMovie with the content in there? I have tried to move at least my documents and I have multiple users on this computer so I cannot seem to find the docs in one central place. Thanks

iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)

Posted on Jun 17, 2015 8:45 AM

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by rkaufmann87,

rkaufmann87 Jun 17, 2015 8:50 AM in response to grayman898
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Jun 17, 2015 8:50 AM in response to grayman898

Apple explains how in:

iTunes for Mac: Moving your iTunes Media folder - Apple Support for iTunes, the same holds true for iMovie and iPhoto.
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grayman898 Jun 17, 2015 9:25 AM in response to rkaufmann87
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Jun 17, 2015 9:25 AM in response to rkaufmann87

I can't seem to find any of those options in iMovie or iPhoto.
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rkaufmann87 Jun 17, 2015 12:59 PM in response to grayman898
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Jun 17, 2015 12:59 PM in response to grayman898

http://www.cultofmac.com/172491/move-your-iphoto-library-to-an-external-drive-to -save-space-os-x-tips/

Move your iMovie for Mac (2014) library - Apple Support
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by Limnos,

Limnos Jun 17, 2015 1:07 PM in response to rkaufmann87
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Jun 17, 2015 1:07 PM in response to rkaufmann87

Instead of moving only iTunes media, move the entire library for better future rearrangements.

Moving a library: Quick answer if you use iTunes' default preferences settings: Copy the entire iTunes folder (and in doing so all its sub-folders and files) intact to the other drive. Hold down the option (alt) key (shift on Windows) and open iTunes. At the prompt to create or choose a library choose the copied iTunes folder.
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