Migrating from iPhoto 5 to iPhoto '11

I have experienced many problems moving from an iMac G5 PowerPC to a new iMac Intel, particularly in relation to iPhoto where I was using iPhoto 5 (Vn 5.0.4) on my old machine and iPhoto 11 (Vn9.1.1) on the new.
Having decided against using  Migration Assistant  I  tried several of the workarounds on various message boards. However whilst I was able to import my 26,000 images into my new Mac, all titling (i.e. names) on them disappeared in the transfer.
I found a way around the problem. My suggestion is  to EXPORT  each of the album folders in turn from iPhoto 5 to an external hard drive (EHD) on which you have created a new folder with the same name as the album you are exporting. So if your iPhoto album is called "Greek Holiday" create a folder with that same name on your EHD.  Then in iPhoto 5 go to Share > Export Photos. In the window that comes up, keep Format as Original, check Full Size Images and  Use Title and also check Use Extension. (Ensure that every image has a title i.e. the 'name' section in info is not blank, before you start or this won't work!) Click Export and choose the newly created folder on the external hard drive.
Once that is done, step two is to disconnect the external hard drive  from the old iMac and connect it to the new one. Open iPhoto in the new machine and go to File > Import To Library. Select the appropriate file on the external hard drive and iPhoto imports the images and, more importantly, their titles!
It is a slow process and may take a few hours but far better than renaming 26,000 images! Note that  neither 'star rating' data nor original camera file name (e.g. image XXX) is transferred this way but everything else is including camera data.
I also had problems moving my music from iTunes 7 to the newer iTunes 10. First time I moved all the relevant files from the old machine to the new one, I discovered that my album sleeve images didn't come with them. The simple answer to this is to open the old  iTunes and go to   > Advanced > Consolidate Library before transferring all the relevant files to the new machine, ideally via an external hard drive.
Having been a Mac user for over twenty five years (though still not a 'Techie"!) I feel the the company has not managed the move from older Power PC machines to Intel machines as well as it might have done. Migration Assistant usually brings across lots of files which just won't work with the Intel processor and indeed which may even hinder its operation, as my wife discovered when I used it on hers. Far better to have a clean install!

Thanks - time machine already up and running. I will also duplicate library and copy that to external drive.
I tested the process of migration on my Macbook (where I have just a few test pictures - my main library is on my iMac). It all seemed to migrate fine. I then merged library with Aperture and everything seemed to transfer across - including Descriptions nicely migrating to Caption metadata. Quite impressed.
I am able to switch between iPhoto and Aperture library with ease in both applications. Nice!
Will try it for real later in the week and report back success or issues for the benefit of any other user who is contemplating the same thing.
Cheers all,
Simon.

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