I can't transfer songs from my MacBook to my iPhone 5?

I tried transfering songs from my old MacBook Pro to my new iPhone 5 and it wouldn't let me. It said I had to install the most recent iTunes so I tried and I couldn't because I had to install the newest Mac OS X software first which I'm really behind on and not able to do. Is there another way? And is it easier to transfer with a pc computer?

But which OS X do you have? Tiger? I mean, it should work even if you are running on Snow Leopard. Try downloading iTune from Apple and not from Check for Update.
About using a pc, you should have no problem with it, since it won't ask you to update to the latest Windows.

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