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As the questions states, I downloaded a bunch of family videos to my Macbook while I was away, to make more room on the camera. Now that I'm back, I'd like them on my iMac which is my primary video editing platform. What is the best way to do this, to ensure I get the full quality of the 1080 original raw file that I imported to the Macbook iMovie, to my iMac iMovie?
Thanks,
Matt

If you have Aperture 3.3 or later and iPhoto 9.3 or later you can merge libraries with Aperture.
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On your new iMac, go to: iPhoto > File > Import to Library, then navigate to and select the Library on the External Hard Drive and click the Import button.
Don't do this. Never import one Library to another. Every version and thumbnail is imported like a distinct photo, you lose all your Albums, Keywords etc., the link between Original and Previews is destroyed, the non-destructive editing feature is ruined and so on. In summary: it's mess.

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