I purchased my first mac and I need help.

Hi there.
Well basically, I finally decided to buy myself a mac after being a lifetime pc user. But the problem I am having is that my large itunes library on my pc is where i control all of my purchased songs and videos for my ipod and iphone. I would like to connect my devices to my new mac, but do not know how to transfer all my purchases to my new mac.
Thanks in advance.

this might help
http://www.macworld.com/article/146958/2010/03/moveitunes_windowsmac.html

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