Using my iphone with a new macbook pro?

Hey, I had my laptop stolen recently and just bought a new macbook pro - can anyone tell me how to hook up my iphone to itunes? i've authorised the itunes account but it keeps saying i have to wipe the iphone and start again.. is there a way round this?
cheers!

Welcome to the forums!
First, disable auto sync when an ipod/iphone is connected under preferences in itunes. Next, put at least one contact and one event in address book & ical, they can be fake, it doesn't matter. Next, connect your phone, do not sync at this point. Right click the phone in the device pane & select reset warnings. Next, go up to "File", "transfer purchases made on this ipod to this computer". All of your purchased music & apps will be transferred. Music you ripped on your own won't. You'll have to use third party software like "Touchcopy" for that. Use touchcopy first if you want the ripped music, as it will be wiped when you sync. Once all of this is done, you can sync. A popup regarding your contacts & calendars will appear asking to merge or replace. Select merge. Regarding the rest of your data, you can use phoneview to extract that before you sync.
http://www.ecamm.com/mac/phoneview/
http://www.wideanglesoftware.com/touchcopy/index.html

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