Moving Sync from one computer to another.

Hi Folks!
I have been using an old Mac Mini to sync my iPhone 3G to and want to move it to an older G5. When I first plugged the iPhone into the G5 I got the expected warning about loosing all the data currently on the phone. I can, and have, moved most, if not all, of the music/movie/audiobook files over to the G5 and will be moving my photos as soon as I get iPhoto on the G5.
My question is, how do I move the backup info from the Mac Mini to the G5?
Thanks for any assistance!
Eric C. Smith
Dual 2.5GHz G5/Mac OSX 10.5.8
Single 1.8 GHz G5/Mac OSX 10.5.8
1.42 PPC Mac Mini/Mac OSX 10.4.x
Various and sundry PCs running Windows XP

This is where the backups are stored, just copy to the right folder:
Where Backups are stored:
The folder where your backup data is stored changes depending on the computer's operating system. Since iTunes only keeps one backup per device, you should ensure the backup folder is included in your periodic data backup routine.
iTunes places the backup files in the following places:
On a Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/
On Windows XP: \Documents and Settings\(username)\Application Data\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
On Windows Vista: \Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\

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