Itunes Library, same computer

Hi, my macbook pro 2008 crashed, just before it crashed, I backed it up via time machine. I had a Iphone 3g, it was backed up to both icloud and that computer. It didn't crash but the battery life was so short after two years it was useless.
So I buy a new 2012 macbook pro and an iphone 5
I start the new macbook pro from timemachine and it's basically the same computer as the 2008 one, except that it is ridiculously buggy and HD space is dissappearing (and it took about 25 minutes to start)
The iphone 5 I started from the backup of the iphone 3, and it too was insanely buggy, with about 1 hour and 15 minutes of battery life.
So I reset the iphone 5, now it works, get 24 hours or so of battery life.
I back up everything important, and reset my Macbook Pro! Yay, takes a minute to start, everything runs faster and no dissappering HD space.
I get asked my icloud account, I sign in, and I sign in with my mac id. Yay, everything installs.
I go to itunes, and I can't retrieve anything I've bought. The Iphone is backed up to ICLOUD, but not to the computer.
I buy a few songs, I get the following
"The iPhone “my iPhone” is synced with another iTunes library. Do you want to erase this iPhone and sync with this iTunes library?
An iPhone can be synced with only one iTunes library at a time. Erasing and syncing replaces the contents of this iPhone with the contents of this iTunes library."
Will i lose my icloud backup of the iphone if I do this? I have bought apps for hundreds of dollars.
I use the same APPLE ID, never done anything sneaky, why is apple punishing me for buying new things?
Where can I yell at someone?
Thanks for all your help

SharkBoy wrote:
Where can I yell at someone?
http://www.apple.com/support/contact/

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