Clean installed OS X. iTunes does not recognize my iPhone. How do I restore settings to avoid iPhone wipe?

Hi everyone,
I was having problems with Mountain Lion and decided to do a backup and clean install everything. I hadn't counted on the fact that even after I restored iTunes library of music, videos and iPhone apps, my Mac wouldn't recognize my iPhone and ask to wipe and resync.
I have a backup made before I did the clean install. Is there a way for me to bring iTunes settings so it recognizes my iPhone and I can do a sync again?
Thanks in advance.

I did a clean install for troubleshooting and I wanted it to stay that way, so Setup Assistant and Migration Assistant were out of the question. I wanted to transfer my iTunes library and purchases and to be able to sync my iPhone as before. Called Apple and the rep said the only paths were the Assistants or wipe the phone and resync with the new library losing all app data in the process. Sensing the rep may be a bit obtuse, I emailed Apple and got a call back from another friendly rep who promptly emailed this to me:
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4527
I can attest this method works, and the key part may be this one:
If you backed your iOS device up to iTunes, back up your devices on the new computer or manually transfer the backups from your old computer. The backups belong in:
Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/

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