How to Import My Entire Photo Library into New iPhoto 11

I just got a new laptop and want to move all of my photos from my old Macbook Pro with iPhoto 09 to my new laptop with iPhoto 11. Should I do it via a backup on my time capsule or will I loose all my folders and events? I tried to drag and drop like I did with my music and it will not work. I also tried the migration assistant and it did not come over with the applications, nor did my documents...

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.
Regards
TD

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