Move the copy of pictures on hard drive external

I am on an iMac plus old (2008), El Capitan running and I want to copy all my pictures and videos in Photos on an external hard drive just in case of death of my office.  Can I do that and still keep my library of photos on my Mac and use it as usual? If so, how do I?

Thank you

First, make sure that the drive is formatted as shown in this screenshot:

Then just drag the module external library of Photos of your folder on the hard drive and let the Finder copy it.

Do you have a backup in place strategy?  If this isn't the case, you should, because at some point, you will lose the files of your boot drive either by accident or in a car accident.  It's inevitable.  Easier to implement backup system is with Time Machine, which comes with every Mac.  Here's how to set up: use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac - Apple Support

With a backup like Time Machine, incremental backups on every hour, you will always have a current backup of your important files and libraries available.

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