What is the best method for moving an iPhoto library from one Mac to another?
What is the I best method for exporting/migrating my iPhoto library on MBP to the iPhoto library on my iMac? I would prefer to keep my metadata intact; I am assuming doing a "show package contents" of my iPhoto Library and AirDropping the "masters" I will lose it? I am running El Capitan 10.11.4 on both Macs.
I just want to explain my situation as maybe I’m missing something. I WAS going to use the iCloud Photo Library to sync across all my Apple devices, and as an off-site backup. Luckily I realized soon enough this would become a management NIGHTMARE. I have everything downloaded from iCloud to my MBP and want to get it all on my iMac so I can clean up the mess of duplicates and such.
I couldn’t realistically sync from the iCloud Photo Library to my iMac because I would have had to upload around 150+GBs of data so that I could download the 30 or so GBs that were on iCloud from my families iOS devices and the MBP. The iCloud Photo Library interface is NOT very well-designed or user-friendly—downloading straight from the cloud is cumbersome at best.
Any advice is appreciated, thanks.
iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.4), iTunes Match, Apple Music