I have just bought an iMac and want to move my iTunes library over from a PC.

Unfortunately all my CDs have been ripped as WAV files for maximum quality, so all the metadata is in the iTunes library file.  I can get the wav files copied over easily enough, but the Mac won't read the iTunes library xml file for some reason.  Any suggestions before I start ripping everything again?

Copy the entire /My Music/iTunes/ folder from your PC to /Music/ on your Mac.

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