Copy music from iPhone to Mac

Hi. So I believe that I may have deleted music from my iTunes after transferring it to my iPhone to save on space. Is there any way that I can backup my music that is on my iPhone to my Mac? Is it as simple as copy and paste?

No, cut-and-paste is not possible. Check out this post from Zevoneer for some iPhone media recovery options:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10570955#10570955
You'll need to make sure whatever utility you select, if you need to transfer content not purchased from the iTunes Store, supports your iPhone. Not all will.
Regards.

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