How to sync iphone to imac

I just bought a new imac and I can't get my iphone to sync up. It keeps telling me to update my itune software to 10.5 or new. I already updated it, three times in the last half hour. I even reset my phone and tried again. After I downloaded the latest software, I even restarted my computer, but futile. The same message keeps popping up.
What is my next step?
Chao

If you haven't already, go to the iTunes download webpage and click the Download Now button.

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