Connecting Ipod once synced with a PC to my Mac and not losing my songs!?

I want to connect my Ipod (which I put all of the songs on from an Itunes on a PC) to my Mac but I am afraid that as soon as I hook it up, my current Itunes (on my new Mac) will delete all the songs!
I need to know:
a) how to get all my Ipod songs onto my Itunes library on the Mac (without them being deleted of course!) and
b) how to change the configuration either before or after that step! (From a PC to a Mac!)
Thanks : )

1) Use your backup copy of your music and put the music onto your Mac, or use home share, or dvd's, external drive, flash drive,etc to move the music from the old computer to the new one.
You can see if this allows you to do it with the ipod, but I would just use my backup.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1329

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