New computer won't recognize my iPhone

The computer I had my iPhone sync'd to recently crashed. I got a new computer, downloaded iTunes, but when I try to connect my iPhone to the new computer, iTunes doesn't find my phone under devices -- how can I make the computer recognize my phone so I can sync my music from the phone to the new computer, and use iTunes to add more music to my phone?

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OS X: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1591

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I'm trying to back-up my iPhone to iTunes, but when the phone is plugged in it does not register as a device in iTunes.
The phone is receiving a charge from the computer.
All of my software is up to date.
I am using a computer other than the one I last backed the phone up with (my old laptop crashed, now I'm working off of my new iMac).
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It has always been very basic to always maintain a backup copy of your computer for just such an occasion.
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