Moving photos from mac mini to macbook...AH!

So I want to move all my twos years worth of photos from my mac mini to my macbook. I tried just putting the actual folders for 05' and 06' from my mac mini onto an external hard drive and then dragging then into iPhoto on my macbook, but it didn't organize them well at all. There doubles of some of the photos and some of them are way out of place. Is there a better way I can transfer these fills and keep them organized?

Bananaeatsmonkey:
All you need to do is copy the entire iPhoto Library folder to the Macbook and place it in the Pictures folder unless you have a library there with additional photos in it. If no then a simple replacement is all you need to do. When you open iPhoto it will open that library.
Note: Just to be sure all permissions/ownership are correct on the copied folder download and run BatChmod on it as follows before opening for the first time:
download and run BatChmod on the iPhoto Library folder with the settings shown here, putting your administartive name in the owner and group sections. You can either type in the path to the folder or just drag the folder into that field.
Do you Twango?
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've written an Automator workflow application, iPhoto dB file backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. You can download it at Toad's Cellar

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