Mac wont recognize iphone

I plug my iphone into my macbook pro and it charges but my mac wont recognize it and sync in itunes. It also does not show up in finder. I know its not my iphone or the cord because I tried on my friends computer and it worked.

Are you running the current iTunes version (11.0.1)?
If you are, then this should help:
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Mac OS X

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