I Pad not working with older MacBook

I have a 2006 MacBook... after upgrading OS & itunes, my iPad does not sync with it. I also have a MacPro, with which my iPad syncs perfectly. I have searched and found other references to various syncing and charging problems with older Macs/MacBooks. What's the scoop? Thanks!

OK, I'm only responding to this because I'm a Windows PC user (not because I know the answer to your question) and I find it increasingly ironic how many Mac users have problems syncing their iPad's when any Windows machine back to XP ( which I think of as stone age in Windows) will do it no problem. Macs have a lot of restrictions. Actually, I admire Apple for doing this. It takes guts. They advance an OS as well as a system architecture so completely that the previous versions become incompatible. It makes for a much cleaner break but it insists on a sort of total overhaul. Windows has been much more squeamish about this. It's true that Vista and Windows 7 have, more than anything previously, demanded new software, but even there, the desire to remain backwards compatible still holds sway. It's a fascinating difference in philosophy, anyway you look at it. But I have to hand it to Apple in that the only way to a bold new world is to abandon the old one. But that's why you have your little problem.

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