Using migration to move specific files

hey guys!!
just gonna put in a bigger HDD in my macbook but then i do not want to transfer all my files from my imac to my macbook, just my ilife stuff and maybe a couple folders here and there and network prefs etc
can i just use migration assistant please for this?
many thanks!

Hi Bad Monk, Welcome to Apple's Users Help Users Forums.
I think Sig is in error. See here: Bt Kappy
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=435350
Message was edited by: Jpfresno attribute to Kappy

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