Having Trouble Moving Library, Support Article Hasn't Helped

My problem is that I can't move my iTunes library from my Dell desktop PC to my MacBook, using my 30 GB iPod Video as a hard drive. Now, I know there is an article for this (http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300173), but I followed all the instructions, and the only step that I had trouble with was the final step- opening my iTunes library and enjoying my music on my new MacBook. Can anyone help me?

You will have to bring us up to date on what exactly you did.
Did you open iTunes on the Mac, then used the File -> Add to library... function and told it to get everything off the iPod (as a drive)? Or did you copy the iTunes music folder from the iPod to the Mac then opened iTunes and used File -> Add to library and pointed to that folder?
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