My iphone4 is not recognized by my mac

I cant do an update on my iphone. I plug it into the computer and the only thing that happens is the phone starts to charge. I have deleted itunes and reinstalled as well as a few other tips and tricks online with no success. I have an iphone 4, an ipad 2, iphone 2 and I am running on a MacBook. Any suggestions at this point would be awesome....otherwise I guess I am hauling all of my devices to the Mac store???

Mine is doing the same (suddenly) I synced fine on the last Frisday in July and then suddenly I couldn't see my phone in iTunes the follwing Monday. My co-worker purchased a brand new iPhone4 1st week in August and no PC/Laptop weill detect his brand new phone?

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Hello jml009,
The following article can help get your iPhone to appear in iTunes again.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538
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I put a standard CD into the Mac Mini and now it does not show up on the desktop or iTunes or is acknowledged in any way. So, I cannot eject it. Just before this I tried to insert another CD and it would not take it in at all. The CD that is now stuck inside the Mac Mini worked just fine on the same computer earlier in the day.
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Hello Andrew,
I have posted the following in the MacBook Pro section, and I've received some replies from users that it worked for them:
If the disk is not readable at this point, then it sounds like the disk is probably stuck against the bezel of your computer (like it missed the slot that it's supposed to slide out of).
If you are not into taking risks, then get it serviced now. Removing a stuck disk should be covered under warranty (as well as checking the alignment of the drive).
Otherwise, if you are adventurous, then keep reading.
If the disk does not eject when you start up holding down the mouse button during startup, then it may be physically stuck.
One example could be if the drive and the slot in the computer's case are slightly out of alignment.
In that situation, the drive would have partially ejected the CD, and therefore it would no-longer be readable. So, the computer will not acknowledge that there is still a disk in the drive.
But, if the disk is jammed against the edge of the case, then it may not be able to eject fully.
There are methods to try and un-stick a CD that is stuck because of an alignment problem. But, neither is really 100% safe to try.
1) You could try and slide something extremely thin between the CD and the drive's slit on the case to help guide it out. But, you risk damaging something if you don't do it just right. You could also make it worse.
2) You could take a credit-card or another CD and try to re-seat the disk fully in the drive. The idea here is that if it is partially ejected, then this might help to fully seat the CD back into the regular location that it sits in when being read. This might enable the computer to read the CD again, and possibly eject it once it acknowledges that the CD is present. But, again this method could potentially cause further damage.
My concern with the second option, is that you might miss the CD and push on something else. Likewise, if you exert too much pressure, you could force the disk into something further inside the drive. And, another concern is that if the drive does grab the CD and try to spin it before you release pressure, then you could cause another problem.
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20GB w/color...oldie but a goodie.
But after installing 7.7, it stopped being recognized by iTunes or my G5, period. Was hoping after 7.7.1 that it would reappear, but no luck. When I installed 7.7.1, it appeared on my desktop for a moment, but when I tried to launch iTunes my screen suddenly vomited up this white-type-on-black-bars PC code-looking message up in the upper left-hand that said something about a kern panic. After that, I might as well hook a bar of soap up to my G5, for all the good it does me.
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I'm confused, you state they already tried to make it work with a computer at the Apple Store. So if they could not get it to work then why would they now? If their computer could not see the iPod there is no way to Restore it in iTunes.
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The last time I tried to sync, I had to update other software on my Mac, and then restart. And then it worked. However, this time, my Mac is completely up-to-date. So, I have no idea how to get my computer to recognize my phone by USB or wifi.
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