Restore (Windows) Elements 11 catalog on Mac

Hi everyone--
I am a Windows user moving to a Mac.  I did a backup of my (Windows) Photoshop Elements 11 catalog on an external drive in preparation for restoring  in on my MacBook pro. 
I've read a number of different posts on here regarding the restore process and gathered the following information:
1) Open up Elements 11 on the Mac and select File > Restore Catalog
2) Navigate to external drive and select the .tly file.  (choose as source of restore)
Backup folder contents on external drive (former Windows Catalog to be used on Mac)
1) My backup folder contains about 9,500 items. The majority of the files all beging with a "B" and are jpg files.  However, a small number also end with the following: .cache, .dat, and .xml.  Should these be in the backup file?
2) I also have  "Catalog.buc" and "Backup.tly" files within my backup folder on my external drive
Question(s)
1. Based on the information I've read online, it would appear that the only thing I want to be concerned with in the backup folder is the "Backup.tly" and the other files contained within my backup folder on my external drive aren't relevant to the restore.  Is that correct?
2.  Do I need to select anything else as part of the restore process after selecting the "Backup.tly" on my external drive?  For example, do I have to point to a folder on my Mac for the restore to occur or will this happen automatically since I will already have Photoshop Elements 11 open on my MacBook pro when I am performing the restore process?
3) Currently, I have hundreds of "folders" under "My Pictures" on my Windows machine that separate out each event (Xmas 2010, Xmas 2011, etc.). Up until now I haven't been using the tagging feature within Photoshop.  My initial intent was to copy the "My Pictures" folder from my C drive on my Windows machine to the "Pictures" folder on my Mac.  (not planning to import them into iPhoto).
Will PSE 11 on my Mac be able to "find" this new path for the photos that were moved from my Windows machine to the "Pictures" folder on my Mac?  Do I need to do something to make sure this happens during the restore process on my Mac?
As an example, the patch for a random photo in PSE 11 on my Windows machine looks like the following: 
C:\Documents and Settings\Tom\MyDocuments\MyPictures\Xmas 2010  (as an example for one of the pictures contained in my Windows catalog)
Clearly, this path won't exist on my MacBook Pro and I just want to make sure I know whether or not I have to do something to redirect the pictures in my (restored) catalog.
Sorry for all the questions.  I did go to the following link but unfortunately the link for process I am most interested in (restoration) appears to be broken:
http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/kb/backup-restore-move-catalog-photoshop.html#ma in_Transfer_your_catalog_from_Windows_to_Mac_OS
Thanks very much!

Hi Andaleebfatima1,
Thanks for your response.  I had no idea it wasn't necessary to manually move over the contents of the "My Pictures" folder on my PC when I moved to my Mac.  I always assumed (obviously incorrectly) that restoring the catalog was simply  necessary to read what was already moved over in My Pictures and that if that had already not been done, I would not be able to open any of the pictures in the organizer.  Similar to what happens when you delete something in the My Pictures folder but not from the Organizer.
Regardless, I did what you suggested and set up a new folder to do the restore.  However, instead of putting it on my desktop, I added a new folder under the "Pictures" folder on my Mac as this is where I ultimately wanted to have the contents.  Since I had already manually created a "My Pictures" folder under Pictures, I renamed that folder to "My Pictures Original"  and used the name "My Pictures" for the new folder I wanted to use for the restore.  
In summary, I had the following folders under the main "Pictures" folder on my Mac
Pictures -> My Pictures Original (this includes the pictures I manually copied over from my PC)
Pictures -> My Pictures   (this folder was empty prior to the restore)
I went back into the Organizer and selected the "restore catalog" option and specified the "My Pictures" folder as the folder for the restore (this is the one that I just created and was empty) of the the catalog and files that were on my hard drive. I also specified to maintain the original folder structure.
The good news is that everything seemed to get restored correctly and I can now see (and open) all of my pictures in the organizer. On the left hand side of the organizer I can see the original folder structure I initially had on my PC that I wanted to maintain on my Mac.
The bad news is that rather than restore all of the files and folders under "My Pictures," the restoration process seemed to create a few additional folders under 'My Pictures" that I have to flip through to actually see the folders containing my Pictures.
Again, my expectation was that I would simply select Pictures -> My Pictures and that I would see all of my various folders (Xmas 2012, Birthday 2013, etc.).
However, now I have the following structure
Pictures -> My Pictures. Under "My Pictures" I have 2 more folders  (Documents and Settings and My Catalog).  When I click on "Documents and Settings" I get 2 more folders  (All Users and Pete). When I click on the "Pete" folder another folder appears called "My Documents."  When I select "My Documents" I get another folder labeled "My Pictures."  Once I select "My Pictures" I can FINALLY see all of my files and folders.  (ugh)
I am happy that I was able to restore all of the information in the Organizer but I really hate that I have to go through 5 or 6 different folders on my HD before getting to the picture folder.
Is this just part of the restore process and somethign I have to live with as part of the migration of my data from Windows to Mac?
Ideally I'd like to just be able to go to the Mac default "Pictures" folder and select the "My Pictures" folder I created to be able to view the various folders that contain my pictures.  I realize a lot of the time I will be viewing the pictures directly from the organizer so it's not just a big deal but in other cases I will be doing this outside of the organizer and would hope to have a more streamlined method.
Sorry for the wrong rambling message but I wanted to try and give you as much background information as possible.
Thanks again for your help!

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