Can't authorize my iPhone on MacBook Pro

I am having no luck at connecting my iphone 4 with my new MacBook Pro. I think I hit a problem with having (inadvertently) set up more than one Apple ID. I have now consolidated into one account, but am still not being able to synchronise iphone with computer. I get a message saying the iphone is not authorised with this computer. I have de-authorized the computer and re-authorized it again, but still the same message .
Can anyone shed any light on how I get the iphone authorized with my computer?
Thanks
Madeleine

You don't authorize/de-authorize devices, only computers, and you can't "consolidate" iTunes accounts. I suspect your problem is you have iTunes content on your phone obtained using one account that is not the same account logged into on your computer. To fix this you need to login to iTunes using the same account used on your phone, then authorize your computer for that account, then connect your phone, then File>Transfer Purchases.

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