Iphone 5 update 9.0.1 itunes not connecting to phone, requires newer version

Since updating my iphone to 9.0.1 my itunes on my Macbook won't connect to the phone, it says "Iphone xxxx cannot be used because it requires a newer version of itunes. Go to www.itunes.com to download the latest version of itunes." But The problem: I have a late 2007 MacBook Pro an it runs with IOS 10.6.8 and won't be able to run Itunes higher then 11.4, so i'm stuck in a vicious circle of updates not available. All because of that 9.0.0 IOS iphone update that kept crashing my apps so I had to upgrade from 8.x.x. on my iphone 5. I feel like I am back in my microsoft windows days. I'm resent to be forced to update my macbook with a working system for a new one just because apple failed to make it work for older versions. I really feel like I have to lower my standert on apple, but then I can buy cheaper samsung next time and, well accept that apple isn't that ahead of the others anymore.