Tips for upgrading from LR2 to 3 while switching to a new computer?

My old mac was a G5 so I finally joined the modern world with a new iMac. On the new machine I've installed LR3, but I'm still running LR2 on the old machine. I want to bring all my pics/catalogs/dbs over (most likely by getting an external HD case for the current drive of the old machine) to the new machine and into LR2. Any tips on how to import everything? Anything to watch out for? I have thousands of images, some of it paid work, and I don't want to lose anything. Thanks.

Rule No. 1: DON'T IMPORT!!
This is what I would do:
On the old machine and LR2, make sure you have one (or just a few) top-level folders for all your images, and they are showing hierarchically in your folder panel. You might have to use "Add Parent Folder" a few times to achieve this.
With the old drive mounted on the new machine, double-click the LR2 catalog to start LR3
You will be asked if you want to convert your LR2 catalog into an LR3 catalog
Confirm this action, which will build a new LR3 catalog from your LR2 catalog, leaving the LR2 catalog as it is
If your folders/images show missing (which I'm not sure about on a Mac when the same volume is mounted as an external drive), perform a "Find missing folder" on all top-level folder(s) of your catalog, pointing to the folders on the mounted volume
If needed/wanted, you can then move the top-level image folders from within LR to a different volume
If you need/want to move the catalog as well, copy the "[catalogname].lrcat" file and the "[catalogname] Previews.lrdata" folder to a different drive when LR is closed, and restart LR by double clicking the copied .lrcat file
Delete the old catalog after you're sure the new one works to your satisfaction
You might also want to consider copying your presets, plugins and ACR defaults from the old machine to the new one.
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