Condensing iTunes from 3 computers to an external hard drive?

I have 3 computers (one G4, one PC, and a MBAir) which have iTunes on them (one account but different items on each.)  I want to transfer all my iTunes files to one external hard drive which will then be used exclusively with a Mac. Thanks in advance!

Grab all your iTunes content from each of the 3 computers (Home/Music/iTunes) and copy it to your hard drive. Then plug in the hard drive to your Mac and import all your content into iTunes.

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