Copying from iPhoto on MacBook to iMac

I have used my MacBook Air to organise photos whilst away into events and entered descriptions.  Now I am back I want to move these events as they are to my Apple Mac.  How can I do this and keep them in their original events?

You'll need to use iPhoto Library Manager to move the Events from one Library to another. It's the only way to move all versions and metadata between Libraries.
If you don't want all versions (and so lose you non-destructive editing facility and some metadata) export from iPhoto on the MBA and then import to the iPhoto on the iMac.
Regards
TD

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