Can't edit tracks after transferring iTunes library.

Hi,
I've just bought a new MacBook Pro, and wanted to transfer all of my music and photos to it from my current iMac. I went about this by copying the "iTunes Music" folder in the "Music" section of my user, along with the extra files like "iTunes Library" and "iTunes Library Extra". I did this over a wireless network and it took an age since my library is about 35GB.
I put the folders and files in the same place they were on my iMac on my MacBook Pro. I booted up iTunes and it worked fine, my library looks exactly the same as it did on my iMac. However, I can't edit any of the track information or even add new album art to existing tracks. I thought I might need to change the permissions of the new tracks as they said 'Read only'. But after changing a few to 'Read & Write' (a long process), there has been no change.
Can anybody offer any insight into this problem? My iTunes Library is very important to me!!
Thanks.

Every file in the massive "iTunes Music" folder was set to 'Read only'. I went and changed a few to 'Read & Write', but when I found those songs in the library, they still couldn't be edited. To go through the entire folder and change each file to 'Read & Write' will take forever! And I'm not convinced that will fix the problem since it hasn't worked for individual tracks.
Any other suggestions?

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