Moving files (mp3's) onto a brand new mac from a PC?

[Phatferd]

I had a PC laptop that was going out on me, so I backed all of my important documents (mainly my entire music library 30gb in mp3 format) onto my Western Digital external HD. It was formatted for PC.

I plan on buying a MBP today or tomorrow and I am afraid that I'll have to format my external HD to a MAC and in the process erase everything being stored on it right now.

Any suggestions or corrections to my thinking?

Thanks.

 

[angelwatt]

Mac can read/write to FAT. Mac can read NTFS formatted drives out of the box, and can write to it as well with a 3rd app like NTFS-3G. No need to reformat unless you want to.

You may also want to review the Mac Rumors Guide to Copying Music from your old PC to new Mac.

 

[Frosties]

The link below goes to Apple's own movie that explains moving your files to a mac.

Move to a Mac