Transfering from G5 to new MacBook

This week I bought a new MacBook. I travel for a living and wanted to bring my computer on the road and so I hooked up the MacBook to the G5 and got all the info and settings from my G5. Worked very sweet.
Now I want to update the MacBook with any new items on the G5.
How do I do that?
Thanks.
Hobie

If you want to keep both computers synced, I would suggest getting SuperDuper! You can do "Smart Updates" with it.
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html
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