I have an older Macbook, w/Tiger os - bought and ipod and ipad, can't sync w'itunes, but can't upgrade to 10.5 because no way get leopard, how to transfer my music ?

I have an older Mac ibook and have bought ipod touch and ipad - I cannot access music in itunes, 'cause it is version 10.8 - can't upgrade though, 'cause my operating system is Tiger - any suggestions besides getting new computer ?

Purchase Mac OS X 10.5 on DVD if you have an iBook G4 or Mac OS X 10.6 on DVD if you have a MacBook. Places such as Amazon sell Mac OS X 10.5, while Apple sells Mac OS X 10.6.
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HT1329 My old computer crashed but still have my IPOd with old music. How to transfer the music into new computer which has already music in it?

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         2. MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer) —
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         3. MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer) — Model Identifier 3,1 or later
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