Can I transfer audio tapes to my Mac?

What equipment is needed to get audio tapes into my PowerBook G4 (and then burn to CDs? I have never used GarageBand. Is it used for this purpose?
Where do I find the easiest instructions to save these old tapes using my Mac?
Thanks for any tips you have!
PowerBook G4   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  

Here's an outline
- Find a tape deck with "line out" jacks
- Connect a cable from the line out jacks to your PB G4's audio input jack
- Get some audio recording software. Amadeus is good, and not expensive
- In Amadeus, and/or System Preferences, set the audio input to be line level (not microphone level)
- Press the "Play" button on your deck.
- Tinker with Amadeus' record level slider until it's about right.
- Start a new recording in Amadeus; press Play; when tape ends save the file
- Use Amadeus to break the single audio file into separate multiple files, each containing a single CD track as desired.
- Load the files into iTunes. Use iTunes to burn a CD
Various details omitted.
This is not the only way, but all of the steps are necessary in some form or other. That is, the details can vary, but this is the gist of it.

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