How do I sync music without erasing all data?

Hi everyone,
This is actually two questions in one. So appreciate all your time, I also apologise if this should be posted in iPhone and not iTunes.
Most important question is this:
How do I sync the music in my iTunes onto my iPhone without first erasing everything? I remember back in the day there used to be a 'manually manage' option, but this doesn't seem to exist anymore. I tried following the instructions found here in order to put what's on my phone onto my iTunes first:
Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device
However I hit a snag when it comes to the step of 'Back up your device' - I can't seem to find how to back it up in order to restore it, literally the only option iTunes gives me when I plug it in is to 'Set up as a new device' - which I don't want to do because I assume it will wipe my entire phone. I can't right click on the device (or even normal click, really, nothing happens).
My second question is, is there a way to restore the layout of itunes so it just lists my songs? Displaying them via album or artist is incredibly impractical as it doesn't auto-size each row, so I'm stuck with maybe five or six songs per screen instead of the usual 50odd that I can view without having to scroll.
Thanks in advance everyone!
iPhone 5S, iOS 8.1 // 13" Macbook Pro, OSX (Beta) 10.10 // iTunes 12.0.1

Never mind everyone,
Finally worked both out by accident.

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