Problem moving music to new computer

I have just attempted to move my music from my iBook G4 to my new aluminum MacBook, running iTunes 8.1+, using my iPod Nano (3rd generation). I carefully followed the instructions in Article: HT1329. My music shows up in the Music/iTunes folder on my new computer, but does not show up in iTunes when I open the program. WTH?? Help!!

No, that didn't actually solve my problem, but it did lead me to compare files from iPod and my computer. I discovered that the iTunes Library file that was on my new computer was much smaller than the one on my iPod, so I simply recopied the entire iTunes folder from my iPod and voila! there was all of my music in iTunes on my new computer! Thanks for guiding the way into the light
Message was edited by: mjb2646

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