Rebuilding (smart) Playlists incl. ratings

I have finally received my new iMac and would like to transfer the itunes library from my MB Air to it complete with all the (smart) playlists and star ratings etc.
What is the best way to do that?
I have copied my library and the content is there but without the ratings and playlists.
Thanks

van D wrote:
Hi, copied the entire Library/music/iTunes to new iMac.
There is no /Library/Music/ folder.
You need to copy ~/Music/iTunes/ folder.
First quit iTunes.
Then copy the entire folder, replacing the folder already there.
Then launch iTunes.

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