My iMac just died so how do I sync with a new Mac?

I've just got a new iPhone 3GS and synced everything perfectly with my iMac BUT my iMac suddenly died and I am convinced it's my Logic board (seen it before). Now I cannot deauthorise my iPhone from this Mac. I have just bought a new iMac. Can anyone suggest how I get my contacts onto the new Mac.
I have several apps loaded on my iPhone by nothing I would miss but I am presuming I could reload them or would iTunes tell me I already have them? They were all freebies.
Bongani

This is one of the reasons why maintaining a backup of all the important data available on your computer's hard drive is important, which should include your iTunes library, photos, documents, and contact info.
You can have up to 5 computers authorized with the same iTunes account. After you have reached 5 authorized computers if some of the previously authorized computers are no longer available or accessible in order to de-authorize the computer with your iTunes account, you can de-authorize all followed by re-authorizing the current computer to computers that you are currently accessing with your iTunes account.
iTunes includes an option to transfer iTunes content that was purchased/downloaded from the iTunes store from an iPod or iPhone, but this is for iTunes content that was purchased/downloaded from the iTunes store only.
First you need to authorize your new Mac with your iTunes account with iTunes. With your iPhone connected to iTunes and without syncing, at the iTunes menu bar go to File and select Transfer Purchases From - the name of your iPhone. This will include free 3rd party apps. If an app does not transfer, you can re-download an app with iTunes on your computer and you won't be charged again for a purchased app as long as you use the same iTunes account to re-download the app that was used to purchase the app originally. You will be provided a warning message that the app was already downloaded with your iTunes account.
Before syncing contacts with the Address Book and calendar events with iCal, enter one contact in the Address Book and one calendar event in iCal on your new Mac. Make these up if needed which can be deleted later. This will provide a merge prompt with the first sync for this data, which you want to select.

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