IPhone sync alters desktop Safari bookmarks instead of copying unaltered?

I'm still using my iPhone 4 (I know, I know. . .) and in the past, my sync process has always simply copied whatever is current on my MacMini Pro desktop as a clone of that data to the phone. Just the other day, I deleted a folder of Safari bookmarks on my phone that I didn't want cluttering up my phone's browser, but a folder that I DO wish to keep on my desktop. Upon syncing, the desktop's bookmarks were altered to match the iPhone. I lost the most current version of that particular folder containing many Favorite sites, unfortunately.
I thought the iPhone was always a downstream servant to the desktop, but apparently not. I would like to force it to be that way if that is possible and learn how to turn off the flow of instructions from the phone to the desktop. Sorry if this is an obvious control tweak, but I was caught off guard by this.
Thanks!

I'm still using my iPhone 4 (I know, I know. . .) and in the past, my sync process has always simply copied whatever is current on my MacMini Pro desktop as a clone of that data to the phone. Just the other day, I deleted a folder of Safari bookmarks on my phone that I didn't want cluttering up my phone's browser, but a folder that I DO wish to keep on my desktop. Upon syncing, the desktop's bookmarks were altered to match the iPhone. I lost the most current version of that particular folder containing many Favorite sites, unfortunately.
I thought the iPhone was always a downstream servant to the desktop, but apparently not. I would like to force it to be that way if that is possible and learn how to turn off the flow of instructions from the phone to the desktop. Sorry if this is an obvious control tweak, but I was caught off guard by this.
Thanks!

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