I want to move my itunes and iphotos to my macbook pro

I would like to move my itunes and iphotos to my macbook pro from my G5. How do I do this? What cables will I need and what ports do I plug them into. Thank you for your help.

Connect the machines with an Ethernet cable, turn on File Sharing from the Sharing pane of System Preferences on one computer, and use the Connect to Server command in the Finder's Go menu on the other, or use a FireWire cable and start up one computer with the T key held down. In either case, move the iTunes and iPhoto libraries from the Music and Pictures folders of your home folder from one computer to the other.
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