Advice needed to upgrade from A2 to A3 AND move machines simultaneously

Hi, I have A2 on my Macbook Air and have just bought a new iMac and upgrade to A3.
I'm trying to work out the cleanest way to upgrade and would be grateful for your advice please
1. Can I just install A3 on the iMac? Will the licensing model let me do that (ie how will it know I'm upgrading)
2. Assuming I can do this, will it be able to recognise and 'migrate' my A2 library if I transfer it across using my external drive?
3. Or do I have to install A2 on the iMac, then upgrade it to A3 which will then naturally migrate my A2 library.
Option 3 does not feel as 'clean' hence my question
Many thanks!

When you install the A3 upgrade version on the new iMac you will be asked for the serial number from the A2 full version.
As your library is quite small you could just copy it to the new machine (/Pictures directory usually) and then open it with A3. It will be converted to A3 format which could take some time. It is also non reversible so you should keep a copy of the A2 library on the old machine until you are happy with A3.
You certainly don't need to install A2 first on the new iMac before installing A3.
Stating the obvious here but make sure you have a backup (vault) of your library before doing anything!

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