IPhone and iPad not showing up in finder devices

When connecting iPhone and iPad to iMac, they don't show up in the Finder under Devices. I do have an external backup system connected to my iMac and it does show in Devices. I believe I have everything set up correctly in Preferences. What can I do to correct? Thanks
iMac: OSX 10.9.1
iPhone 5s: 7.0.4
iPad: 7.0.4

no ios device ever showed up as devices in finder
they don't support any sort of disc mode
they show up in itunes and iphoto and thats pretty much it

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