Transferring from laptop (managed) to desktop (referenced)

Hello,
I was hoping someone could guide me as the best way to move images from my laptop (which I import and edit as managed files) to my desktop machine where the photos are stored on external drives as referenced files. The key being to keep the metadata (corrections and ratings) from the laptop. Is this possible? If so what is the best procedure.
Thanks in advance, Gary

1. Network the two computers
2. From the laptop use File > Relocate Manged Files
to move the files across the network to their final
home on the desktop computer
3. Export the laptop's project (myproj.approject)
that the files came from
4. Import the myproj.approject file into Aperture on
the desktop machine
This may be slightly confusing -- for newcomers -- or maybe it's just me -- because of the managed/referenced. Step 2 assumes the images are managed, but it implies that on the desktop they'll be going into Finder folders outside the Ap library. So in step 3 the project is exported without checking the "consolidate images" box? But if the images are managed, that box has no effect, as I understand it.
If the images end up outside the Ap library on the desktop, then after step 4 the desktop Ap library will have the project, but its images will be referenced. At that point, you either have to import them from wherever you transferred them to (making them managed) or use Manage Referenced to point the desktop's Ap library to their new location.
I agree it's a powerful and flexible system, but it's not simple, at least at first, partly as a result. (But a built-in way to synchronize or merge libraries would make it a lot easier -- version 2?)

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