How do I sync my iPhone 4S to my new Macbook Pro without erasing my iPhone?

I know this has been asked many times and I have tried a lot of the ways that people have said to do it. For example, I have my old iTunes library and i have transfeered it to my Macbook but my iPhone still does not reconize it as the "same" computer. I rather not use any third party software or anything similar. I have actually done this before with a windows computer (I did this about 6 or 7 months ago) but I cannot figure out what I did so that I didnt have to erase my iPhone.

turingtest2 wrote:
If you move the library properly it is the "same" library. If you have to import media into an empty library you're getting it wrong.
At the simplest level you simply copy the entire iTunes folder from user's music on the source computer to user's music on the target copmputer. It only gets complicated if you've started using a non-standard media folder or don't have the Keep... and Copy... options enabled.
See Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device if you have to go down that road.
tt2
Thank you I will try that if there is nothing else that i can do.

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