Using new Mac with old Iphone formerly used with Windows

I had my Iphone synced with a PC that literally burned up unexpectedly. I replaced it with a Mac and want to sync my phone, however, when I click to manage content manually, a message pops up telling me that my phone will be erased (!!). Because I have lots of music and apps on the phone, I don't want to go back to square one. What do I need to do to make the new computer work with my phone?
When I rip music from a CD, I can't drag the album to the phone; I have to copy them manually.
Also, I used to be able to rearrange icons on my phone via Itunes and that doesn't work either with the Mac. I have "authorized" the phone, but it didn't make any difference in anything.

I think you have to reformat the phone for a mac.
This post
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2008294
Tells you how to back it up, then reformat for mac, then restore
from your backup.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1296
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