What does syncing actually do

My wife is afraid to attach her iPhone to the computer do to it wanting to sync with the phone. She is afraid of losing music and pictures on the phone.
Please let me know what is actually done when it syncs, so I can make her feel safe.
Thanks
Keith

Good question? How did the music and other similar type soft products get out to the iPhone.
But...
When you Sync the iPhone it takes information that you may have updated through outlook, calendar, music, etc. that you may have updated on your computer and compares and coordinates that information with that on the iPhone.
If the information is not on the iPhone but on the computer, it will move the computer information to the iPhone as an addition to the what is already on the iPhone. In the case of music, I believes that it re-writes all of the music you have designated under the music tab to the the iPhone.
It looks under the tabs indicated by:
Info
Ringtones
Music
Photos
Podcasts
Video
and moves that information, file by file to the iPhone.
In the case of the contacts on the iPhone, it will compare the contacts on the iPhone and determine which contacts are new o and modified and moves them to the computer since you may have made entries directly into your iPhone.
It also does the same thing with the calendar. If you made entries directly into the iPhone and not on the computer it will sync the calendar from the iPhone to the computer.
The precedent of whether the change on the computer has precedent over the ones on the iPhone, if in conflict are resolved during the sync operation and the user syncing the the devices gets a choice of which data to use.
I have never lost data during the sync operation.
Whew!!

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