Transferring photos in Iphoto from one iMac(old) to new Imac?

please does anyone know how to transfer photos in iPhoto from an old iMac to a new iMac?
Any help would be appreciated
amulc

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If you want to do it by hand just drag & drop the iPhoto library located in the Pictures folder of your Home folder on the old iMac to the same location on the new iMac.
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