Transferring library from old PC to new MAC...problems

Hi, this is my first post as I am new to mac. I am trying to transfer my itunes library from my PC to my new mac, and I followed the instructions posted here to use your ipod to transfer music from one computer to another. At the very last step it says to connect ipod and it wants to sync it to an empty library on my new computer. If I copied the itunes folder from my old computer to my ipod, and then to my new computer into my Music folder, how to I get that into my itunes library on my new computer?
Thanks so much for any help to clarify this!
Tonya

Click here, follow the instructions, and point iTunes to the location of the library you moved.
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