Address Book V4.1.2 can't open in 10.7

Just purchased new imac with os 10.7.3
Used the Migration application to transfare from my old imac os 10.5.8 which is now networked with the new imac
When I try to open the address book ( v 4.1.2 ) on the old mac vis the new imac I get message saying version not compatable (or similar)
How can I  safely transfare contents of address book onto new imac -?
Thanks in advance

Migration should have done that. However, if it did not, two things to try:
1) on the old Mac, run Address Book and Export the address book to an address book archive (file menu). Move that to your new Mac and double-click.
2) copy the contents of your old user/Library/Application Support/AddressBook folder into your new user/Library/Application Support/AddressBook folder and start up Address Book on the new Mac.
Both of those things actually do the same thing, but the first is packaged up nicely.

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