Phone no longer linked to iTunes, wants to wipe it?!

Having rebuilt my iMac, when I connect my iPhone it says that it has not synced with this phone before, and will wipe it! Surely if I say 'ok' I will lose all the apps etc that I have bought since my iMac went wrong? What's the correct process here?

Yes, you will lose the music/apps/etc of you sync.
Do not sync. Click File>Transfer Purchases
This should move your itunes purchases to your computer. Check to make sure it works before syncing.
Then you can sync. It will remove the content and replace with content from the computer, which should be up to date now.

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