Exporting music library to another Mac

I have an iMac and just purchased a MacBook Pro. I'm looking for a way to transfer all of my music to my laptop. I have a network set up at home. Please advise. Thanks!!

therod730 wrote:
is there a way to drag and drop?
yes.
you can use your network. you can use an external HD. or, connect the two Macs with a firewire cable, boot the source Mac in _*Target Disk Mode*_, and copy the iTunes folder over.

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