IPhone 4s Won't Connect to MacBook Air

I have the iPhone 4s and it won't connect to my MacBook Air. I have reset my phone, cleared it, and restored it back to factory settings and still nothing. I plugged in my 2 iPods as well and they also won't connect. It's important that this will work soon because I am getting the iPhone 5 in a few days. Please someone help me. Thank You.

Just to be sure we're on the same page..   You connect the iphone via USB cable to your mac's USB port, then invoke itunes on the mac.  In the left panel of itunes, under the "Devices" section, does the iphone not show up after a short while?
What OSX version is on the mac?  What version of itunes (should be 11.1 in order to communicate with iOS 7)?

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