Trying to transfer iTunes content to new laptop

Hi, I'm trying to transfer my iTunes library from my old laptop to a new one. I followed the instruction available here: iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
After opening iTunes however, all of my music doesn't show up, and my old playlists didn't show up either. I checked the Media folder for the missing songs, and they are there but it doesn't show up in my Library.
I ended up adding some of the steps from a separate tutorial, where I exported my old library (File > Library > Export Library), and imported the playlist to my on the new laptop.
This made the missing songs and playlists show up, but it made duplicates of many songs and playlists, and it just makes everything messy and takes up a lot of unnecessary space. And yes, I did delete the duplicate songs and playlists, but then it just removes certain songs from playlists that are synced to my iPhone, and it would be too tedious to go through my libraries to find out which songs are missing!
Both my laptops are updated to the latest versions of OSX and iTunes (as of Oct 8, 2014). The new laptop is Mid 2014 and the old one is Mid 2010.
Also, I prefer not to use Migration Assistant because I don't want to transfer everything over.
I'd really appreciate any help I could get with my situation! Thanks!

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