I'm unable to sync my iPhone to my new MacBook Pro.

I bought a MacBook Pro two days ago, and I'm trying to sync my iPhone 4s. It goes through all 6 steps on iTunes, but then a notification pops up and says the required disk cannot be supported. I'm not very 'savvy' with Macs, so I have no clue what this means or what to do. Thanks for any help.

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