How do I restore iPhoto from old computer to new?

I just bought a new computer and would like to merge all of the photos from my old Mac to my new one. How do I do this? I see USB connections but I don't have a usb to usb cord and I am not sure if that exists...? I do have a backup drive. I plugged it in but it is prompting me to backup this new computer, which hardly has anything on it and that is not what I want to do.
I would like to now 2 things-
1) how do I back up from one computer to the other?
2) how do I restore my photos from my backup drive to my computer...?

Are there photos on the new Machine?
If not:
To move an iPhoto Library to a new machine:
Link the two Macs together: there are several ways to do this: Wireless Network,Firewire Target Disk Mode, Ethernet, or even just copy the Library to an external HD and then on to the new machine...
But however you do choose to link the two machines...
Simply copy the iPhoto Library from the Pictures Folder on the old Machine to the Pictures Folder on the new Machine.
Then launch iPhoto. That's it.
This moves photos, events, albums, books, keywords, slideshows and everything else.

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