Lost ratings during data migration to new mac

I recently bought the new macbook pro and had the applestore migrate my entire data to from my old macbook. Absolutely everything worked out fine except that I lost all ratings in Lightroom version 2. As I have around 15,000 pics and most of them rated I am a bit desperate. Lucky enough I still have my old macbook working and also have a back up where the ratings are still showing. How can I combine the old ratings with the ratings of my new catalog, as I have already rated more pics on my new mac. Thanks

Does this thread help?
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4157585

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