Migrating Lightroom 4 from Windows to Mac?

I just bought a new MacBook Pro.
My photos are on an external hard drive, NTFS formatted.
Mac can read NTFS just fine.
How can I migrate my catalog to Mac? Is it even possible?
e.g. I'm concerned about Lightroom importing the catalog but not "finding" any of thoe photos, and then having to point it at each one manually. I have, of course, thousands.
Thanks!

Hi Bruno! Are you Portuguese or Brazilian?
Do you have an iPod, which you could use as a transfer way? If not I would recommend you to use the "Back up to disc" feature. Then just insert your DVD's in your new MacBook and import your library.
If you want to use your iPod, then read this:
First sync your content to the iPod.
If you have purchased songs from the iTunes Music Store, then those are pretty easy to transfer to your computer. You'll just need to follow [this instructions|http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305465].
All your other songs (for example, those ripped from your CD's), you'll need to use any 3rd party program to transfer them to your iTunes library!
Use one of this programs (all of them will preserve your metadata):
[iGadget|http://www.ipodsoft.com/site/pmwiki.php?n=igadget.Homepage] (Mac and Windows)
[iPod Access|http://www.findleydesigns.com/ipodaccess/index.html] (Mac and Windows)
Hope this helps! If you still have doubts, please reply.
Best Regards

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