Transferring Lightroom to a new iMac

I am about to buy a new iMac desktop but I'm scared stiff about moving all my photos and Lightroom application to it. I understand that I should not use Migration assistant for the application ( I need to uninstall on old and reinstall on new) but how do I get my catalogue with all my image work, keywords, folders etc moved across, can I do this with Apple's migration assistant. Also, after I reinstall how will Lightroom on the new computer recognise the catalogue that has been transferred by a different route ?

Google can really be a friend when you have questions like this.
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I would first go through Setup Assistant (which opens automatically) without migrating anything. Run Software Update to install the latest updates from Apple, but otherwise use the iMac +as is+ for a while. When you are satisfied that it is working 100% perfectly, you can run Migration Assistant from Applications/Utilities/. This way, if you have a problem, it will be easier to troubleshoot.
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because the new iMac will only have FireWire 800 (if it's the early 2009 model). If the drive has USB 2.0, you can connect it that way to the new iMac. The option in Migration Assistant is +From Time Machine backup or other disk+. The external drive clone is the "other disk."
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