Using audio-in to record to my mac

Hi there - apologies if this is a dumb question.
I have some albums on mini-disc which I'd to get on to iTunes and iPod. If I play the discs on my minidisc player and feed it into the audio in port on my mac will iTunes automaticallt pick it up and "record" it or do I need some other software or a completely different approach.
Thank
Susie

...and for pure simplicity you'll find Garageband (instructions) is already installed on your iMac.
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