Moving music from old mac to new mac via iPhone

I have synced my iPhone with my iMac since I got it (July 07). I now have a Macbook and I want to transfer everything from my iMac iTunes library to my Macbook. Can I do this with my iPhone without messing up my iPhone. I have about 250 songs and few ringtones that I need to move to my Macbook. I also have about 40 photos and lot of contact information on my iPhone. All help will be appreciated!
I have both songs I bought off iTunes and songs from cd's, if this helps.
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No. The iphone is not a storage device. It is designed not to allow this.
You can use migration assistant to move everything from your old Mac to your new Mac. I have done this and it works great.
You can transfer itunes purchases, however. In itunes, with iphone attached, click File>Transfer Purchases.
Photos are optimized for viewing on iphone and are a reduced quality. Like music the photo sync is one way - computer to iphone. You can e-mail them to yourself one at a time. They will be of reduced quality.
Again, Migration Assistant (included with your Mac) is intended for this very thing. Why not use it?

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