ITunes set up for a new "home computer" on an iPhone set up on a different computer

I recently bought a new MacBook laptop. I downloaded iTunes and want to set it up as my "home computer", but it has already been set up with my old laptop. How to I change the home computer to my new MacBook, without loosing my music, games, data, etc., so that I can download music and things from my new computer. As of right now, iTunes tells me that I have to "erase" everything from my iPhone and "sync" it to the new iTunes on the Mac. I assume that this will cause me to loose all my progress in games on my phone, and I DO NOT want to loose that. Can anyone help me? Thank you!

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