Transferring iphoto to new mac

HI! So I knew I was getting a new macbook pro with OS X 10.9, so i backed up my old mac onto a harddrive with everything that was on it. Now I am looking to put my old iphoto library and itunes library onto my new mac, but I cant seem to figure out how to do it. Also it seems that my iphoto library is about 12.5 gb which seems HUGE???
any advice would be gladly appreciated!!

12.5 gigs is not a big iPhoto Library. Mine is more than 300.
Drag the Library to the Pictures Folder on the new Mac.
Hold down the option (or alt) key key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library' and point it at the Library you copied over.

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I was saving time just by copying the iPhoto library from my old iMac into my pictures folder and opening it.
That wasn't "saving time". That's the only way to migrate a Library from one machine to another. Anything else means starting a new Library over from scratch.
To rescan your entire Library would require removing the Faces you have.
Try trash the com.apple.iPhoto.plist file from the HD/Users/ Your Name / library / preferences folder. (Remember you'll need to reset your User options afterwards. These include minor settings like the window colour and so on. Note: If you've moved your library you'll need to point iPhoto at it again.)
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