Migrating catalog from mac to pc

Hei!
I've already read a few threads concerning migrating a LR catalog across platforms but haven't really been satisfied with the answers.
Set up:  I am about to move back to the pc world (from mac) and before doing so I need specific information before I dare moving my LR catalog.
All my catalogued photos (1 single catalog) are located on a HP mediasmarthome server, all in all roughly 130'000 photos. The catalog itself is on a mac (OS 10.6).
Question: Will I be able to smoothly migrate the catalog (folder) from mac to pc? So I can continue editing and adding photos on a pc (most likely either W7 Ultimate 64bit or W7 Pro 64bit)? The moving of the catalog itself is very easy since I have the server.
Anything else I should take into account?
Thank you for your time answering my question.
Sasku

Hi sasku
It should be possible to copy The LR catalog database file from Mac to PC e.g. the file with the extension (.lrcat) together with the LR preview cache (.lrdata) and then synchronize with the images on the external HDD or server.
If that doesn’t work you could copy the catalog and then use the import “Add” from existing location pointing to the file path for the mediasmarthome image files.
Good luck.

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