Transferring Photos to a New Computer

I just bought a new computer and I want to transfer photos from my old computer. There are many projects and albums from my aperture library I want to transfer over, however not all of them, so I don't want to transfer the whole library. What is the best way to do this?
Thanks!

You can export a part of your Aperture library a s a new library and then use that library on your new computer.
It wil help to avoid permission problems to be using exacly the same user name on both macs. Have you set up your macs to use the same account names?
How can you transfer files between your machines? Do both your macs have FireWire or Thunderbolt ports? Then connect them with a FireWire or Thunderbolt cable and boot your new computer in Target Mode - this way your old Mac will see the new Mac as an external disk. See: OS X Lion: Transfer files between two computers using target disk mode
Or simply connect an external disk or thumbsdrive to your old mac (formatted MacOS X Extended Journaled and with the "Ignore Ownership on this Volume" flag enabled). Then export a partial library to that disk. I would not use the network, to avoid transmission errors., unless your library is small.
To export only the projects and albums that you want to transfer:
To be sure not to transfer any potential library corruption, repair the permisions and repair the database before you proceed, see: Repairing and Rebuilding Your Aperture Library: Aperture 3 User Manual
Select all projects and albums at the same time in the library Inspector panel. You may want to create a folder and collect all items there that you want to export; then select this folder.
Now use the command "File > Export> Library" to export the folder with images as a new Aperture library to the external drive or directly to the new computer, if you used Target Disk Mode.
If your libary is managed and all original files are included, you are done, but otherwise, you will need to copy the original files as well. Then open the copied library in Aperture - still on your old mac, and select all referenced images. Use the command "File > Consolidate images" and chose to copy (not move) the referenced files into the Aperture library.
Now test the copied library, if it is working well, and if it is on an external drive, dismount/eject  the drive and connect it to your new mac. Copy the library from the external drive to your new mac by dragging it in the Fider.
On your new mac launch Aperture with the ⎇⌘-key held down, while double-clicking the new Aperture library and select "Repair Permissions" from the First Aid panel, to make you the owner of all items in the library.
Post back, if there are any problems with this procedure. Good luck.
Léonie

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