Q: I want to copy my iMac iPhoto files to a MacBook Air. How do I do this? Thanks.

1. You can either copy them over a network, or use a drive with a volume formatted as Mac OS Extended on it, or FireWire/Thunderbolt Target Disk mode.

2. It depends on your situation.

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Copy the /Home/Pictures/iPhoto Library file to an external hard drive. Then connect that drive to the other computer and restore it in the same location. If you can connect the two using a Thunderbolt cable, then you can use Target Disk Mode.

Connect the two Mac via a LAN or FW cable and Target Disk Mode and copy the iPhoto Library package from your iMac to your  Pictures folder on MBA. All it takes is a drag and drop no matter how you connect the two Macs.

If you have an external HD copy the library to it and reconnect to the MBA and copy again.

If you have a library already on your MBA and it has photos you want to save then rename it before the copy.