How do I back up my music and apps?

I've just authorised my iPhone for my new iTunes installation on a new laptop. Now, I wish to back up everything on my phone to it.
However, all I see is a Sync, which apparently just wants to transfer stuff from the laptop to the iPhone, not the other way around.
The Backup option just seems to backup my messages, contacts & other data.
I can't work out how to initially get all my music and apps onto the laptop.

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