Moving from Aperture 2.14 on a laptop to Aperture 3 on a mac mini

I have Aperture 2.14 on my laptop (macbook pro) and recently bought a mac mini and Aperture 3. How can I move my photos with all of the image enhancements and information (ratings etc) to the new computer and new system?
Also, if I want to update Aperture 3 on the macbook pro do I have to buy Aperture 3 again for that computer?
Looking for advice,
Thanks
Lisa

Also, be aware, the upgrade from Aperture 2 to Aperture 3 requires a massive rearrangement of the Library and particularly your Master images. This is especially important if you have a Managed Library, as they will be totally rearranged. (In Aperture 3, the Thumb, Preview, and Master of a given image are in a single folder, in Aperture 3, all of the Thumbs are in one folder, Previews in another, and Masters in another.)
Remembering the blood bath of a few years ago, I strongly recommend performing the upgrade on a large, empty disk - one with at least twice as much free space as the size of your Library. Doesn't have to be that fast a disk, I used an external FW800, but depending on the size of your Library, you can expect the process to run for many hours. Best to let it run overnight. Doing this on a disk that does not have adequate free space is, at best slow and, at worst, likely to result in a crash.
After the upgrade, you may want to perform the "Bergsma Bash" and delete various cache and Pref files. This has greatly speeded up Aperture 3 performance for many of us.
Delete the following:
Hard Drive/Library/Caches
Hard Drive/System/Library/Caches
Hard Drive/Users/(Your user)/Library/Caches
Hard Drive/Users/(Your user)/Preferences/com.apple.aperture.plist
Reboot... It will take a little bit.
The upgrade is not hard, just be sure that your Aperture 2 installation works correctly and is fully backed up before you start.
Best wishes,
DiploStrat

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