How do I access my playlists from my Itunes on my Mac?

Using an iPhone 6 (8.1.1) and a Mac Mini using Yosemite (10.10).
I can see all of my old iTunes playlists on my phone, but I can't see them on my iTunes.  I bought a bunch of new music but want to add that music to these old playlists...Any suggestions?  I'd rather not recreate new playlists!!!!

Hi Mary,
When you plug in the iPod, if on your Mac, once it shows up, in the main summary page for the iPod there are some check boxes to turn on or off various functions like Enable Disk Mode and one for Manually Manage. Check that, then hit the Apply button to make it take effect. For older iTunes 7, see this post of mine and scroll down a bit to see a screen shot of what I mean...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8295348&#8295348
Ignore the fact that this particular iPod is Mac formatted. The one I use on my work PC is Windows formatted and normally synced to my eMac. I drew a nice big arrow next to the check box to enable the Manual Manage check box to turn it on or off.
If you plug it instead into your Windows machine, you can still change it. Answer "CANCEL" when prompted if you want to sync it to the currently library or if you want to transfer purchases. At this point, it will for a few moments say it is updating the iPod, but don't panic, it is just reading in the contents. Now switch it over to Manual Manage and you can play it from that iTunes library.
On your Mac you can switch it back to Auto sync. It will NOT have to resync the entire library again. It will just update whatever is new to update like before.
Finally, in order to switch your iPod from Mac to Windows format, you first need to plug it into your windows machine and do a Restore on it from that iTunes. This will erase the iPod and format it for windows. Then you eject it, take it home, plug it into the Mac, then allow it to sync your library to this "new" iPod. Do not restore it there. The Mac will sync to the iPod in windows format.
Because a Restore is a reformat and everything is erases, be sure you have nothing on the iPod that isn't already backed up somewhere else. I am assuming your entire library is safely on your Mac, so shouldn't be an issue.
Best of luck,
Patrick

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