New iTunes Library erases iPhone?

I cabled my iPhone 4 to a different computer (MBP in products below).  I had been using a Windows XP box to manually manage (not sync) music/vids/tones to my phone.  When I connected to the "new" computer, I checked, "Manually manage music and videos", then the "Apply" button, and it said:
"The iPhone is synced w/ another iT Library.  Do you want to erase this iPhone and sync with this iT Library?"
I do not.  What I'd like to do is stop using the Windows XP and start using the iPhone with my Mac.  I don't want to erase all the phone's content ("erasing and syncing replaces the contents of this iPhone with the contents of this iTunes Library"), I'd like to keep it's current contents, but the Library on the Mac is empty.  What should I do?  Will checking "Manually manage music and videos" and clicking "Apply" preserve the phone's content since I don't have iTunes set to sync anything?  Or will it indeed erase the phone?  I have the exact same scenario with a 3G iPod Touch I'd like to update the software version on.  I have iTunes 10.5.3 (on the Mac) - iPhone 4, 5.0.1

You need to copy your Entire iTunes  from your PC to your Mac in order for it to work as you desire...
Move iTunes Library from PC to MAC
http://www.macworld.com/article/146958/2010/03/move_itunes_windows_mac.html

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