I can not sync music from laptop onto my iphone

for some reason i can not load songs/movies/photos from my itunes on the laptop onto my iphone 4. i can upload items from phone to mac but not vice-versa.

Hello Christinaaa_,
The following article provides some useful troubleshooting that can help resolve this issue.
iOS: Troubleshooting USB-related alerts when syncing
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5254
Cheers,
Allen

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