ITunes Migration - Windows to Mac

I just bought my MacBook Pro and could not be happier! I have a problem with iTunes that seems like it should be very easy to resolve...
I have read several Internet posts and can not find a fix. I was able to migrate all the iTunes information from Windows to Mac, but I cannot play any of the files because of the differences in the way both OS's view paths (directory structures).
I am using an external USB hard drive to store my .mp3's. This worked great in Winows, but I cannot seem to find a way to point the Mac iTunes installation to this external drive. Everything I have tried has failed, including modifying the .xml files in the iTunes directory on the Mac.
Some posts advise the Mac iTunes installation does not give users the ability to use an external hard drive and forces all iTunes music to be stored locally on the Macintosh HD. I cannot believe Apple would be this stupid. Say, "It ain't so..."
Does anyone know how to solve this problem? Is it possible to modify the Library .xml file with Mac entries so it looks to the external drive for my music files?

I need to do it the hard way.
Any reason why?
File -> Add to library will work just fine.
Make sure to change the location of the iTunes folder first.
Can you take the example I provided above and give me an example of a valid path to an external drive?
Old =
<key>Location</key><string>file://localhost/E:/User/My%20Music/iTunes%20Music/Ryan%20Shupe%20&%20the%20Rubb erband/Dream%20Big/Ryan%20Shupe%20&%20The%20Rubberband%20-%20Dream%20Big%20-%200 6%20-%20Ambush%20%5BInstrumental%5D.mp3</string>
You only need to change the beginning of the path to the main folder where your music is.
Search for
*<key>Location</key><string>file://localhost/E:/User/My%20Music/iTunes%20Music/*
and replace with
*<key>Location</key><string>file://localhost/Volumes/Other%20Drive/iTunes%20Music/*
What you are replacing with is the path to your external, not what I typed.
%20 is simply a space in the path/filename.
As above, your music would be on the external drive named *Other Drive* in the folder *iTunes music*.

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