Computer Crashed.. Syncing contacts??

My macbook is completely destroyed, so I purchased a macbook pro. I'm scared to sync my iPhone to the new computer because I don't want to loose my contacts, or anything else. Is there a way to transfer my contacts, music, and ringtones to the new computer? Or a way to sync, and not loose this information? HELP PLEASE!!!

Since it seems you didn't maintain a backup for this data on your MacBook, enter one contact in the Address Book, and one calendar event in iCal on your MBP before syncing.
Regarding music, iTunes includes an option to transfer content purchased from the iTunes Store from an iPod or iPhone, but this is for content purchased from the iTunes Store only.
With your iPhone connected and before syncing, at the iTunes menu bar go to File and select Transfer Purchases From - the name of your iPhone. This will transfer all content that was purchased from the iTunes Store that is available on your iPhone to your iTunes library on your MBP. All content not purchased from the iTunes Store will be lost.
Then enter one contact in the Address Book, and one calender event in iCal before syncing. This should prompt you to merge this data with the Address Book and iCal on your MBP.
The iPhone is not designed as a backup device, and should not be considered as such. I suggest purchasing an external drive to be used for backup purposes only - preferably a Firewire drive. Purchase one with at least the same capacity as your MBP's hard drive capacity. There are some backup utilities available that will produce a bootable clone of your hard drive stored on the external drive. This way if you experience another hard drive failure with your MBP, which is inevitable since it isn't a matter of if, but when your hard drive has a partial or complete failure since none last forever, you can recover all data on your MBP's hard drive, and run your MBP from your external drive (since it will be a bootable clone), while you are waiting to replace your MBP's hard drive.

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To sync contacts with your computer, choose "Sync Contacts with" within iTunes for Windows, or "Sync Address Book Contacts" on your Mac.
You can sync your contacts with:
Microsoft Outlook 2003, Microsoft Outlook 2007, Microsoft Outlook 2010 (Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7)
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Hi ShimaNY10001!
I have an article here for you that can provide some more information so that you can perform this sync successfully. That article can be found right here:
iOS: How to transfer or sync content to your computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1296
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Make sure you installed iTunes and set up your account.
Syncing to a new iTunes library or computer will erase your iPod. Only if you back up your iPod manually before syncing, you can restore your device from that backup again. A manual backup does not include the sync process.
Disable autosync in iTunes, connect your iPod to your new computer and right click on it in the device list and choose backup. iTunes will backup your ipod without syncing.
Transfer your purchases the same way, choosing "transfer purchases" this time.
When you connect your device for the first time, all media content will be erased. But you can restore your settings and app data from your manual backup afterwards.
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