Restoring old data onto new iPhone 4S

I had an iPhone 4 and just got the 4S, but when I plugged the 4S into my mac it registered as a new phone and didn't ask to restore it from my old one. How do I get my old data on this new phone?

Hi, I'd been researching re: restoring from Back-up on my iPhone 4 and it all says "Connect iPhone to iTunes, in Left column of iTunes under devices, control click or option click or command click, it is one of those, your new iPhone's name. A menu will drop down, select Restore from Backup"....
My question is.. How come the Restore from Backup is not showing when right clicking on my iPhone.
Any idea why is this happening and is there any way that I can restore my newly upgraded iPhone?
Thanks in advance.

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