Sync iPhone new to mac from windows.

I Have recently for an macbook air, I have alway synced my phone to my windows PC but since updated were done via the cloud etc I haven't plugged it in, so that's a few years, I am now wanting to be able to plug my iphone into my new mac.
I have copies my itunes library over to my new mac (music only).
I Would love a step my step on how to sync my iphone to my new mac safely without loosing my data, I have my phone backed up to iCloud so if anything goes wrong then I always have that to reset my phone to how it was.
thank you to anyone who can help!

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