ITunes keeps corrupting itself?

Well, I've been having this problem for quite a while, and I really would like to get it fixed. Just about every time I plug my iPhone into my Mac, iTunes will not recognize it. I have to perform the steps at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1747 , and then it works fine temporarily. A few days later, it doesn't work anymore and I have to do those steps all over again. Any ideas? Thanks!

Hi,
Just about every time I plug my iPhone into my Mac, iTunes will not recognize it.
If you followed the instructions here and it still won't work...
iPhone, iPad, iPod touch: Device not recognized in iTunes for Mac OS X
Then you need to restore the iPhone, instructions here.
Carolyn

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