Importing songs from iPhone onto computer...

I have a different iTunes library than I do my phone because I had to recently restore my computer.
There are so many songs on my iPhone that are not on my computer and I'd like to add them. How do I go about doing this? The only option my computer gives me is to sync and erase the songs on my iPhone and I don't want to do that!

ITunes includes an option to transfer content purchased from the iTunes Store from an iPod or iPhone, but this is for content purchased from the iTunes Store only.
With your iPhone connected and without syncing, at the iTunes menu bar go to File and select Transfer Purchases From - the name of your iPhone.
FYI - for this reason and for a number of other reasons is why maintaining a backup of your iTunes library and other data on your computer is so important. It isn't a matter of if but when your hard drive has a partial or complete failure since none last forever. This is important regardless the platform - a Windows PC or a Mac but even more so with a Windows PC with constant virus, adware and spyware concerns which isn't a problem with a Mac and OS X.

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