Pc ipod needs to be mac friendly

I used to have my ipod on a PC. Now I have a MAC that I want to transfer my tunes to and use instead of my PC.
How do I do so without losing all my songs and playlists? I used to use copypod on PCs - any advice for MACs?
Is there anything else I need to do to make my ipod MAC compatible since it has always been hooked to PCs in the past?

Macs can read Windows formatted iPods so you should be able to plug it into the Mac and get your stuff off it...
Copying from iPod to Computer threads...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=5044027&#5044027
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=893334&tstart=0
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=797432&#797432
Also these useful internet articles...
http://www.engadget.com/2004/11/02/how-to-get-music-off-your-ipod/
http://playlistmag.com/secrets/2006/12/twowaystreet20/index.php
http://playlistmag.com/help/2005/01/2waystreet/
Patrick

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