I just switched computers from one mac to another.  How do I keep from importing all of my music library to the new mac?

I just switched to a MacBook from a different mac and I am trying to be careful of what I am importing (my old mac has all of my music and movies, etc).  I don't want to clutter this new mac with duplicate songs etc. but I have a fairly extensive music library that is on my old mac that I would like to partially import.  Is this a possibility?  I currently use iMatch and the cloud as well.  

[https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/how-do-i-use-bookmarks#w_how-do-i-import-export-or-back-up-bookmarks This article] should help you out.
Let me know :)

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