ITunes Playlist won't sync on iPhone 4S

I recently purchased and upgraded to MAC OS X 10.6.8 and upgraded to iTunes 11. Now, I am not able to sync my music. My playlists do not want to seem to go onto my phone. I have tried manually managing, syncing using WI-FI, powering off and on (both devices), switching USB port to the back of the MAC. When I plug in my my phone and open up iTunes, it shows the playlists, but with circles and some songs are in bold. When I go to my iPhone and choose the Music tab, then More, then Shared, it says my iPhone. I can switch is to entire Library, but when I unplug my phone and walk away from my MAC it reverts back and my songs go away.

option command S to view the left sidebar.
Select your iPhone in the sidebar.
Click on Music tab at top of iTunes.
Click Sync music & Entire library.
Click Apply at bottom right of iTunes window.
What happens?
When I go to my iPhone and choose the Music tab, then More, then Shared,
That is shared from your iTunes library over wifi using Home Sharing. It simply allows you to play what is in iTunes on yoru phone while you are on the same wifi network.
Nothng to do with syncing.

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