How do I migrate my iPhoto library to my new computer from my old one?

how do I migrate my existing iphoto library from my old iMac to my new Mac Book Pro?

Get a external hard drive and connect it to the older Mac, refuse TimeMachine if it asks.
Open your Pictures folder and drag and drop the iPhoto Library onto the drive icon, when finished unmount (drag to trash) the drive and connect it to the other Mac.
Reverse the same proceedure, replacing the new iPhoto Library with the older one and then start iPhoto, it will update the old database.
If you ever want to get the originals out, right click and "show package contents" on the iPhoto Library, a folder called Originals holds your pictures, no iPhoto needed.

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May also be prudent to attempt a backup to iCloud directly from the device before you start... Settings > iCloud > Storage & Backup > iCloud Backup > On. It won't save any media but it would preserve the general account settings and documents in case anything goes wrong while you are trying to extract your other data.
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iTunes: Finding lost media and downloads - http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1408
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Hello people
I really cant figure out how to transfer my music. Theres got a better solution than burning it on to cds and then transfering that way! Could someone please help me i am a complete idiot when it come to technology.
thank you
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Are you asking about transfering iPhoto Libraries from one Mac to another Mac? Or about transferring iPhoto albums from an IOS device to a computer? And what is your iPhoto version?
If you are talking about your Mac, simply transfer the iPhoto Library to the new computer. You can copy it using the network, by copying to a portable disk, or by connecting your old mac to the new mac in target disk mode. After copying the iPhoto Library to your Home folder on the new mac, double click it to open it in iPhoto and to point iPhoto to it.
If you are asking about transfering albums from an IOS device; the albums you create on your IOS device are not synced back to your computer. You share the photos by adding them to the Photo Stream, creating shared Photo streams, sending them by email, or publishing web journals.
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