Windows itunes to a mac

hey
ok well i'm getting a mac pro and i have all of my itunes backed up to a disk.
the problem is, i'm worried about putting that disk onto a mac, will my music go to the mac itunes?

It must be me, but it seems pretty obvious that you need to import your iTunes library into the iTunes installed on your Mac. If your Windows machine is sitting on a network, just share your iTunes music directory, and make sure that your Mac iTunes is set to manage/copy songs into it's iTunes folder. If you don't know where your songs are currently sitting, they've probably defaulted to My Music in My Documents. Otherwise, just pop into your iTunes options and it will TELL YOU where your songs and library are sitting. Did you seriously think that you would have to buy your songs again??? I'm sure the bean counters at Apple would love that.

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
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