Going from Windows to an iMac G5

My parents have just bought a second hand iMac G5. They have previously only used/owned PC's.
Between them they own 2 iPhone 3GS', an iPad and a Nano iPod.
Naturally I have been roped in to help set themselves up. I had a quick look at Switching 101 so I could work out how to ensure all their apps, music, photos etc that were on the PC iTunes would be carried over to the Mac. So far I have connected one iPhone to the mac but noticed that not all the apps were carried over. Before I continue and possibly stuff things up I thought I'd ask for help from the community. I've only owned my Mac for a year so I'm not a pro user.
Thanks in advance.

I think you'll find all the answers you need in this article: Move iTunes from PC to MAC, http://www.macworld.com/article/146958/2010/03/moveitunes_windowsmac.html

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Pippa

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Item1=
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Item3=
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Item1=
Item2=
Item3=
Item4=
Item5=
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Item3=0
Item4=0
Item5=0
Item6=0
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Item2=
Item3=
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Item3=GI7
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Item2=
Item3=
Item4=gp8001.trans.de
Item5=
Item6=
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Item1=
Item2=
Item3=
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Item5=
Item6=
[SessManKey]
Item1=-1
Item2=-1
Item3=-1
Item4=-1
Item5=-1
Item6=-1
[SncName]
Item1=
Item2=
Item3=
Item4=
Item5=
Item6=
[SncChoice]
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Item2=1100
Item3=1100
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Item6=1100
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Item2=-1
Item3=-1
Item4=-1
Item5=-1
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Item5=0
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Item2=0
Item3=0
Item4=0
Item5=0
Item6=0
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Item2=
Item3=
Item4=
Item5=
Item6=
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Item2=DEFAULT_NON_UC
Item3=DEFAULT_NON_UC
Item4=DEFAULT_NON_UC
Item5=DEFAULT_NON_UC
Item6=DEFAULT_NON_UC
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Item1=0
Item2=0
Item3=0
Item4=0
Item5=0
Item6=0
[ShortcutString]
Item1=
Item2=
Item3=
Item4=
Item5=
Item6=
[ShortcutTo]
Item1=
Item2=
Item3=
Item4=
Item5=
Item6=
[ShortcutBy]
Item1=
Item2=
Item3=
Item4=
Item5=
Item6=
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MSU=sapmsu99
APP=apoapp00
MBW=mssapbw
APT=apotst00
APS=aposbx00
MB1=sapdevbw
MBT=saptstbw
P01=dryrun00
MS2=sapms299
MBX=sapsbxbw
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Edited by: nstabl on Feb 27, 2012 10:07 PM

Hello John,
please try the "SAP GUI for Java Configuration Generator Scripts" available at http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-25456#section9 .
For using the message server to connect to GP8, the information of the port number of the message server for GP8 is missing. For direct connection to GP8, it might work to use the connection string "conn=/H/gp8001.trans.de/S/3288" .
Best regards
Rolf-Martin
Message was edited by: Rolf-Martin Woersinger
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