How to move iphone/ipad backups to a new macbook

I currently have a macbook (2009), on which I backup my iphone, my ipad and my wife's ipad. I bought a new macbook, and want to make my iphone and ipad backups on my new macbook, but leave my wife's ipad backups on the old macbook. Please advise on the best way to achieve this.

Use Time Machine and backup the original MacBook to an external HDD. Then go to the new MacBook and use Time Machine to restore the personal data. See this Apple KB article for more information: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1427

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