Iphone 4s not recognized by macbook or itunes after upgrading to  mac ios 10.8.5 and itunes 11.1

recently upgraded my macbook to mountain lion os 10.8.5 as well as itunes 11.1. iphone 4s is currently at ios 7. Immediately after upgrading my computer i attempted to sync my iphone and itunes started bringing up error messages about my cloud storage and how my iphone had some sort of authorization issue, which is strange seeing as ive never had another apple account. next thing i know my device isnt even being read by itunes. tried unplugging it, using a different cord, reseting comp etcetc all the simple stuff and still no luck. it is not just itunes as my iphone is not even recognized as a device in my finder. i even restarted my iphone completely even knowing i wouldnt be able to get my music back on  it if this attempt failed and what do you know nothing changed after the restart. so now im left with no music and photos on my phone and am completely frusterated. please help

recently upgraded my macbook to mountain lion os 10.8.5 as well as itunes 11.1. iphone 4s is currently at ios 7. Immediately after upgrading my computer i attempted to sync my iphone and itunes started bringing up error messages about my cloud storage and how my iphone had some sort of authorization issue, which is strange seeing as ive never had another apple account. next thing i know my device isnt even being read by itunes. tried unplugging it, using a different cord, reseting comp etcetc all the simple stuff and still no luck. it is not just itunes as my iphone is not even recognized as a device in my finder. i even restarted my iphone completely even knowing i wouldnt be able to get my music back on  it if this attempt failed and what do you know nothing changed after the restart. so now im left with no music and photos on my phone and am completely frusterated. please help

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