Transfer iphoto library to new iMac

Greetings,
I recently bought a new imac. I transferred my iphoto library from my old mac to an external hard drive. Then, I imported that library to iphoto '11. After, my library ballooned to over 19,000 photos with tons of duplicates and triplicates.
Any idea what I did wrong? Any ideas how I can fix the problem?

I recently bought a new imac. I transferred my iphoto library from my old mac to an external hard drive. Then, I imported that library to iphoto '11. After, my library ballooned to over 19,000 photos with tons of duplicates and triplicates.
Any idea what I did wrong? Any ideas how I can fix the problem?
Yes and yes
1 - NEVER import an iPhoto library into another iPhoto library - it does not work and creates massive duplications of photos - two or three different versions of each photo
2 - you simply move your iPhoto library to the new machine and let iPhoto open and upgrade it - so delete the iPhoto library on your new machine that you imported into (do not empty the trash until you complete the transfer) and Connect the two Macs together (network, firewire target mode, etc) or use a external drive to transfer the library and drag the iPhoto library intact as a single entity from the old Mac to the pictures folder of the new Mac - launch iPhoto on the new mac and it will open the library and convert it as needed and you will be ready move forward.
if you want to use the old library on the external drive with an older version be careful not to upgrade it as there is no way to go back
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