Sync iPhone 3GS with iTune

I just bought iMac late 2012. I'm new to OS X. I have my iphone 3gs sync with itune on windows version. When i try to sync with my imac, itune want to delete
everything on my phone. I try to search solution on internet but all answers based on the old version itune base on window os. Can i restore my phone while keeping my data on the phone?
Thanks for the answers.

When i try to sync with my imac, itune want to delete
everything on my phone."
Correct. that is how it works. Iphone will sync with one comptuer at a time. Syncing to another does indeed erase the current content.
Copy everything from the old computer, or your backup copy of the old computer, to the new one, then sync.

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