How do I sync my iPhone to a new computer without having to erase and sync?

Hi, i have an iPhone 4s that i have been syncing with my old windows computer. I now have a macbook air and obviously i want to start syncing my iPhone on my mac instead of windows.
I DO have a backup of my iPhone on my windows if that makes a difference. I want to be able to use the mac iTunes for syncing and putting music from mac to iPhone but i don't want to loose any of the music, data, apps, notes, photos, contacts, messages etc...
what would be the steps in doing this? do i have to move all my music from my old comp to mac or is there a way to address my problem by moving the library file to mac? 
Ps i know this has been asked heaps but i dont understand the answers according to my specific situation, and btw i would like to do this without other apps or programs if possible, definetly no jailbreaking please

Move your Entire iTunes Library from the PC to the Mac.
NickMacAir wrote:
Hi, i have an iPhone 4s that i have been syncing with my old windows computer. I now have a macbook air and obviously i want to start syncing my iPhone on my mac instead of windows
Move iTunes Library from PC to MAC
http://www.macworld.com/article/146958/2010/03/move_itunes_windows_mac.html

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