How do I move music (not entire library!) from PC to Mac?

I recently got a mac laptop of my own, before which I had used a family desktop PC. I need to transfer my music from the itunes on the PC to the itunes on this mac. I found the Apple Support page that guides through the steps necessary to do that (using the ipod as the transfer device), but when I started to follow those directions, I realized that it transfers the entire library. As the computer was used by everyone in my family, though, I don't want all of that music! My own music is a subset of that--one (rather long) playlist.
Is there a way to move that playlist into a folder or something so that I can transfer just that music, and not all the rest? Or is my only option to follow those directions, move the entire library, and then delete most of it? (I suppose that's doable, but it seems so roundabout and such a waste of time.)

It's easiest if you network the two machines, or use another drive to "transport" them.
You can select all the songs in a playlist and drag them to a folder on your desktop, or through the network to the other machine. Then, on your mac, drag this folder to your iTunes. They should be copied to your new library, and you can remove them from the folder.

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