Change Syncing from Windows PC to MacBook Pro

I have an iPhone 3GS (16GB) and sync it with a Windows PC. I wanted to start syncing it with the MacBook Pro. When I plugged the iPhone into it, it started to charge and while I was setting options for syncing it said that some of the things, specifically Apps, would not be transferred from the iPhone to the MacBook. Instead what would happen is the iPhone would have all the Apps deleted, including data. There is no Apps on the MacBook at all.
Basically what I would like to do is find out how I can keep my iPhone the same, but start syncing the iPhone on the MacBook Pro. Transferring data via USB is an option, basically anything I am able to do, I just need to know what it is.
Thanks for any help.

The iPhone expects to sync with a single library. Each library contains a value called the PersistentLibraryID. If you want your iPhone to "see" the library on the Mac as being the same thing as that on the PC then you can do this by cloning the library which is what I thought you were after. If you just want to switch it's allegience from the PC to the Mac then copy over any content/apps that you will still want on the device from the PC to the Mac, import it into the library, and then continue as normal. If you've any purchases made directly on the device be sure to *Transfer purchases* before the changeover.
Hmm - actually, if it's a "different" library it may still nuke the apps and replace them with fresh copies sans data... If you clone the database and the PC's Mobile Applications folder you can "clean" out the entries for Music, Video, Podcasts etc. that it won't be able to locate and then import what you do have on your Mac. Either way, if there is no local content to match a particular file on the iPhone then it will be removed.
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