Connect iMac to Macbook Pro

I want to connect my iMac to my Macbook Pro to transfer some large movie files.
I want to connect using a wired connection, what is the best way forward please?
Thanks

You can either do it over your home network by ethernet or wifi, or by firewire. Firewire will undoubtedly be fastest and therefore favourite for large files.
Connect the two with a firewire cable, go to System Preferences > Network and highlight "firewire" in the left pane. The little light next to it should change to green. Do this for both Macs.
Now go to > Sharing and enable file sharing on both computers.
The Macs should now be visible in the Finder window sidebar under "shared"
From one of the Macs (doesn't matter which) click on the other Mac's name in the sidebar. You'll be shown only the public folder to begin with, but select "Connect as" and enter the short name of the account you're transfering to or from. Log in with that account's password. You should now have a choice of the home folder or Macintosh HD for the remote Mac.
Easiest way from here is to open two finder windows in column view; navigate one to the place you're copying files from, and the other to the destination folder on the other Mac, then just drag the files across.
Go and make the coffee.
Note that this will copy the files over. If you're doing this to free up space on one machine, delete the originals and empty the trash after you've tried the copies in their new location and are sure they're working fine.

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