Old data on a new computer

I am getting a new MacBook Pro and want to transfer data from my old one.  There are lots of files and redundancies that I would like to avoid transferring., is ther an efficient way to do this with setup assisstant? 

Use a blank external drive and format it OS X Extended journaled in Disk Uitlity on the old machine, then install Carbon Copy Cloner and use the defautl settings to clone your old boot drive to the external drive.
Unmount and disconnect, connect to the new machine.
Create a account with the same name as the old account and log into it, then access the external clone and selectively cherry pick the file you want transferred. (do not touch Library)
Programs should be installed from new sources in most cases on a newer OS X version, however some that are self contained or you have retained the installer package and it runs on the newer OS X version on the new machine you can manually transfer and reinstall.
If you use setup or migration assistant it brings everything over, mucks things up and hidden caches, files etc., then you have to go deleting and hoping you caught it all.
The iPhoto and iTunes Library will self update when it see's the older library file versions.

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