Itunes doesnt recognise content on my iphone 5

so i bought some cds and imported them onto itunes
i plugged my phone in so i could sync them and it came up with the message that itunes doesnt recognise the content and basically i will have to restore my phone.
i was okay in restoring my phone as all my photos were now saved on the mac, all songs were safe too
but then it said i will have update my phone
so i went on my phone and updated it
so when i went back on the computer it said i would have to update my phone again even though it was up to date and that it would take 50 to download the software update on my computer.
why do i have to update my phone when it is already up to date
and why do i have to restore my whole phone?
i tired ifunbox and that didnt work
i tried deleting a song like other people suggested and that didint work either
please help!

Hi there mrsbellamy75,
You may want to try force closing all open apps and resetting the device as an initial troubleshooting step. Take a look at the articles below for more information.
iOS: Force an app to close
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5137
iPhone, iPad, iPod touch: Turning off and on (restarting) and resetting
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1430
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Dear all ,
please help me with this,
try to connect my Iphone 4 today but the above messege came out.
the same messege also appear when i connect my IPad 2.
it ask to restore my devices.
Did not do anything on my ipad and iphone or the itunes ( 10.7),
it work on my last sync 4 days ago.
please advice how to resolve this.

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