Putting files on Mac Mini

I just purchased the intel Mac mini that has the Tiger OS.
I also have an iMAC G5 at home with Jaguar.
I bought the Mac mini for entertainment purposes only.
My iMAC was getting too full of music and it was getting bogged down, so I am going to take my 30 gigs of music off of my iMAC and put it on the MAC mini. I am going to then hook my MAC mini up to my surround sound speakers and my LCD tv (useing *** the monitor) in the front room.
My question is .... can I transfer my iTunes files easily from the iMAC to the MAC mini if the 2 computers have diff OS?
If so, how?
Will it transfer smoothly with all my playlists and music in order?
Will I need to purchase a special firewire to do so?
The Apple employee told me it's easy. He said something about holding down the "P" button while starting up the computers after they are connected.
Please help.

There is no problem copying it to the other computer. And, it doesn't matter that they have different microprocessors.
The guy at the store likely said the "T" key.
That would put the computer in Target Disk Mode.
With both computers off, connect the two computers using a FireWire cable.
Turn on the iMac and hold down the letter "T" immediately after turning on the computer. Keep holding it down until you see the computer display a "FireWire" logo. That vaguely looks like a large Capital "Y" with a circle in the middle of it.
Then, turn on the Mac Mini.
When the Mac Mini is done booting up, you'll see a hard drive icon on your desktop that represents your iMac's hard drive.
Now, browse to the iMac's hard drive and navigate to:
Hard Drive --> Users --> "Your User Name" --> Music
Now, get the Folder called "iTunes" and copy it to the exact same location on your new Mac Mini.
It will ask to over-write the existing folder. Just say yes.
Now, when you open iTunes on the new Mac Mini, it should see the music library.
Alternatively, if you don't want to use the above route, you can do everything except copy the folder from one computer to the other. And, instead:
Open iTunes on the new Mac Mini, and then go to the "File" menu and select "Add to Library".
Then, navigate to the location I mentioned previously on the iMac G5 (where your music is stored), and go into the iTunes Folder, and choose the "iTunes Music" folder.
Now, tell it to import, and you should start seeing all your music being added to the library.
When you are done, turn off both computers, and disconnect the cable.
Use the normal method to shut-down the Mac Mini first, and then press and hold the power button on the iMac until it turns-off.
Hope this helps.

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