My computer hard drive crashed and now i cant get my songs off my old ipod onto my mac. any suggestions?

i have a 3rd gen ipod nano the first ones with the camera. its a full 16 gb and i cant seem to figure out how to put my music back on my macbook. my macbook is also like 7 years old maybe more hence why it crashed.

See this older post from another forum member Zevoneer covering the different methods and software available to assist you with the task of copying content from your iPod back to your PC and into iTunes.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2452022?start=0&tstart=0
B-rock

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Ive got over 4500 songs on it and want to transfer them to a new mac I just got
its not allowing me to do so, what can I do????
I dont haveaccess to the other computer anymore

You did not restore the new iPhone.
The first time a new iPhone is connected to iTunes on a computer that is used to sync with another iPhone or iOS device or that was used to backup another iPhone or iOS devide, you are prompted to transfer the backup for the other iPhone or iOS device, or set up the new iPhone as a new iPhone.
Since the old iPhone was synced with iTunes on a different computer, all iTunes content on the new iPhone (which is none at the present time) will be erased first.
The warning message should indicate all iTunes content will be erased from the iPhone, which is iTunes content only.
If you are syncing contacts with a supported address book app on this computer and the supported address book app on this computer includes any contacts, you will be provided a merge prompt for the contacts, which you want to select. Otherwise the contacts on the iPhone will be replaced with the contacts in the address book app on the computer with the first sync.

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On your Computer...
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(In earlier versions of iTunes, access this option from the Advanced menu).
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B-rock

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Reinstall iWork '08 and upgrade it to v3.03:
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www.crispsofties.com - iPod.iTunes (FOR MAC)
www.thelittleappfactory.com - iPodRip (FOR MAC)
www.ephpod.com - EphPod (FOR PC)
www.kennettnet.co.uk/software - PodUtil (FOR MAC AND PC)
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848
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iGadget
http://www.ipodsoft.com/site/pmwiki.php?n=igadget.Homepage
iRepo
http://www.purpleghost.com/index.php?q=irepo
iPod Access
http://www.findleydesigns.com/ipodaccess/indexWin.html
TouchCopy
http://www.wideanglesoftware.com/touchcopy/
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An "other" that large usually indicates that the "other" included corrupted files. Usually restoring from backup eliminated the corrupted files. However, sometimes restoring to factory settings/new iPod is required.
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