Can you sync music from ipod to a computer

My hard drive on my apple computer failed and was replaced. My music library is gone but I have it all on my ipod touch. Can I sync the ipod music to my Apple computer.

It has always been very basic to always maintain a backup copy of your computer files/docs/pics/music/etc.
Use your backup copy to put everything on the new hard drive.
The music sync is one way -computer to ipod. The only exception is itunes purchases. Without syncing: File>Transfer Purchases

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