Lost data on my Mac after it got reset but my iPhone is still synced to the old version of my Mac?

So, during an awful visit to the Apple store in which the "genius" completely reset my Macbook Pro (10.8.5) because it decided to go "turtle mode" for no reason whatsoever, I lost all my data and files on it. After putting whatever I had backed up back on the Macbook, I put some new things on my iTunes and tried syncing the Mac's iTunes and my iPhone 5 ios7's iTunes. However my iPhone was synced to the older version of my Mac before it crashed and got wiped out. I got this message:
The iPhone “___” is synced with another iTunes library on “___”. 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.
Is there any way I can get my lost data back onto my laptop with my iPhone? Or if there isn't and I sync the new version of my Mac with the iPhone, will my iPhone lose any data to match my Mac?
thanks

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    1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 4 cores
    4 GB RAM
Video Information: ?
    AMD Radeon HD 6750M - VRAM: 512 MB
        iMac 1920 x 1080
System Software: ?
    OS X 10.9.4 (13E28) - Uptime: 0 days 0:16:53
Disk Information: ?
    ST3120026AS disk0 : (120.03 GB)
    S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
        EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
        Untitled (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 119.17 GB (87.12 GB free)
        Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
    HL-DT-STDVDRW GA32N
USB Information: ?
    Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
    CHICONY USB NetVista Full Width Keyboard
    Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
        Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
    Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Thunderbolt Information: ?
    Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ?
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Kernel Extensions: ?
    [loaded]    com.nvidia.CUDA (1.1.0) Support
    [loaded]    com.sophos.kext.sav (9.0.61 - SDK 10.7) Support
    [loaded]    com.sophos.nke.swi (9.0.53 - SDK 10.8) Support
Startup Items: ?
    CUDA: Path: /System/Library/StartupItems/CUDA
    FanControlDaemon: Path: /Library/StartupItems/FanControlDaemon
Launch Daemons: ?
    [loaded]    com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
    [running]    com.arcsoft.eservutil.plist Support
    [running]    com.bjango.istatmenusdaemon.plist Support
    [loaded]    com.oracle.java.Helper-Tool.plist Support
    [running]    com.sophos.autoupdate.plist Support
    [running]    com.sophos.configuration.plist Support
    [running]    com.sophos.intercheck.plist Support
    [running]    com.sophos.notification.plist Support
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    [running]    com.sophos.sxld.plist Support
    [running]    com.sophos.webd.plist Support
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    Flash Player: Version: 14.0.0.176 - SDK 10.6 Support
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