HT1766 I got a new MacBook Air. I need to sync my iPhone with the iTunes on my new computer so I can back up my iPhone. How do I do this without losing my pictures/contacts, etc. on my iPhone?

I have not updated my phone yet because I know it needs to be backed up first. However, I cannot do this in fear of losing everything on it if I sync to my new itunes. I am not really concerned with losing music, just do not want to lose pictures, notes, etc.

First you need to copy the entire iTunes folder from the
old computer to the new one.  You should also make sure
that anything on the old computer that goes on the iPhone
is present on the new computer. 
If it is a Mac, this process is usually pretty easy by using
Migration Assistant which will transfer all that stuff over to
the new Mac.
If you are using a PC, I will defer that to someone else for
all but the iTunes stuff.  You will do the same thing on the
PC, that is copy the entire iTunes folder to the new computer.
Migration assistant is available to move things from a PC,
but not sure how well that works.
When openning iTunes for the first time, you will need to hold
down the Option key on the Maccbook Air and you will
be presented with a dialog box and you will select open existing
library and navigate to it.  Failure to do this, will create a default
library with nothing in it and you will have to move stuff again.
So if all the data is the same, you should be able to sync
just fine.

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