Importing photos from iPhoto 4 to 6

Recently bought a new iMac with iPhoto 6 on it and want to import my iPhoto 4 library on my iBook to the iMac. Can't seem to do it. I was told at the Apple Store it wasn't possible, have to do it manually. Anyone know otherwise?

kinemedic
COpy the iPhoto Library Folder from the old machine to the new one - put in the Home/Pictures folder. Then Download BatchMod from
http://macchampion.com/arbysoft/
And apply it to the iPhoto Library Folder using the settings found here:
http://homepage.mac.com/toad.hall/.Pictures/Forum/BatChmod.png
(Credit to Old Toad for this one).
This is to correct any file permissions issues that can arise.
Then Launch iPhoto on the new machine. Read the warning, and it will convert the v4 library to a v6 one.
Regards
TD

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